Jan Trnka

Honza Marak has long since abandoned a career in IT and has bought a cottage on the outskirts of a small village, where he’s settled in with his wife Marketa, daughter Anyna and son Sayen. He works in the woods as a forest labourer repairing roads and enclosures, cutting wood to sell and assisting the foresters. Marketa earns a living as a masseuse and alternative healer, making use of various mind-altering plants and mushrooms, which leads to conflict with the old inhabitants and eventually with drug enforcement. Daughter Anyna attends a distant school where her grades deteriorate as she wanders the woods learning from nature rather than from her textbooks.

L'histoire d'un artiste extraordinaire qui a involontairement signé un pacte avec un diable. Jiří Trnka était l'un des plus grands artistes tchèques du XXe siècle et l'un des fondateurs de l'animation de marionnettes. Son travail a démontré au monde que la société communiste peut offrir de meilleures conditions pour des créations artistiques extraordinaires. L'affrontement idéologique entre l'Ouest et l'Est n'a pas laissé les enfants et leurs histoires en dehors de leur lutte dans des positions idéologiques et politiques.

Honza Marak has long since abandoned a career in IT and has bought a cottage on the outskirts of a small village, where he’s settled in with his wife Marketa, daughter Anyna and son Sayen. He works in the woods as a forest labourer repairing roads and enclosures, cutting wood to sell and assisting the foresters. Marketa earns a living as a masseuse and alternative healer, making use of various mind-altering plants and mushrooms, which leads to conflict with the old inhabitants and eventually with drug enforcement. Daughter Anyna attends a distant school where her grades deteriorate as she wanders the woods learning from nature rather than from her textbooks.