A distinctive documentary portrait by Ester Geislerová captures an intimate journey of a daughter into the inner world of her late father, the renowned Japanologist and calligrapher Petr Geisler. Drawing from family archives, personal letters, recollections of friends, and the striking contrast between the gray atmosphere of normalization-era Czechoslovakia and vibrant 1980s Tokyo, the film composes a multi-layered portrait of a fragile artist. It is a story about human triumphs and shortcomings, the pursuit of freedom, and an effort to capture the fleeting imprint of a man with immense charm and a Renaissance spirit, who nevertheless remained an enigma to his own family in many ways.
In Czech without English subtitles
Documentary
Czech Republic / Slovakia 2026 83 min
Directed by: Ester Geislerová
Program subject to change.
