Studio Hrdinů

Studio Hrdinů/ czech (ENG subtit.) / 90 min

“The story of the boy who never was” is a probe into the inner world of a lonely anti-hero, whose fate is determined by his sexual orientation and lack of family background. However, the main and all-pervading motif is the freedom and independence of the individual, who accepts his “otherness” – hinsegin in Icelandic – as natural, and is able to live as an autonomous human being, regardless of the evaluation and judgment of his environment.
Reykjavík in 1918, the last year of the First World War. The Icelanders celebrate the victory of a century-long struggle for independence, but at the same time, an epidemic of Spanish flu breaks out and the volcano Katla erupts. However, the first movie theaters are also opening, where the boy Máni (Moon) finds refuge and discovers not only his passion for film, but also the girl Sóla (Sun), who strikingly resembles the unrestrained and mysterious Irma Vep, the heroine of the dark crime series Les Vampires...

Author: Sjón
Translating: Helena Kadečková
Concept: Tereza Hofová a Kamila Polívková
Dramatization: Kamila Polívková
Director: Kamila Polívková
Dramaturgy: Linda Dušková
Scenography: Antonín Šilar
Costumes: Zuzana Formánková
Music: Þóranna Dögg Björnsdóttir, Aid Kid
Light Design: Václav Hruška, Antonín Šilar
Projection: Nanna MBS, Antonín Šilar, Zuzana Walter
Editing: Zuzana Walter
Voiceover: Ian Willoughby
Consultant: Ásta Kristín Benediktsdóttir
Director Assistance: Kristýna Tesařová
Performers: Tereza Hofová, Jan Cina, Þóranna Dögg Björnsdóttir/ Aid Kid

More info: HERE

Photo by: Zuzana Lazarová

Tickets HERE

Supported by: hlavní město Praha, MKČR, Národní galerie Praha, Tjarnarbíó, Samtökin ‘78, Fondy EHP