Gustáv Husák

Documentary showing the Czechoslovakian political landscape in March 1968, when president Antonin Novotny, a hardline Stalinist, stepped down and moderate communist Ludvik Svoboda was elected. Five months later, in August 68, the Prague Spring would end with the military intervention of the Warsaw Pact.

One of the most notable anti-communist initiatives in the late 80s was the movement called Czech Children. They published their manifesto in May 1988, and the signatories were mostly young people. The movement expressed independent thinking and significantly contributed to the demonstrations in 1988 and 1989, especially during the so-called Palach Week in January 1989. In the document "Czech Children," the authors focus primarily on a young audience, aiming to remind them that the need to stand against injustice is not bound by age.

The film is based on the authentic diary of eighteen-year-old Ivana A., who, with her unique perspective as a high school student, reflects on the last year of the existence of communist Czechoslovakia.

L’ultime biographie documentaire de Miloš Forman, le réalisateur tchèque aux deux Oscars. De sa jeunesse en Tchécoslovaquie sous l’occupation nazi et le joug communiste à ses premiers succès à l’étranger avec la Nouvelle Vague tchèque, à son exil à New York après le Printemps de Prague jusqu’à sa renommée internationale. Le portrait d’un paria avec un accès exclusif aux archives familiales.