This poetic, visually refined documentary builds an intimate monument to the most successful Czech artist of the early millennium. Ján Mančuška died tragically at the age of 39. He exhibited at MoMA and the Centre Pompidou, but did not achieve comparable fame in his homeland. The vast body of work he left behind is united by the principle of absence - what is not in the painting speaks with surprising intensity. Director Štěpán Pech approaches Mančuška's portrait in the same way, tracing the boundaries of his intimate, family life and cultural landscape with the missing centre. An unexpectedly cathartic and long-overdue debut, it earned an award at the Jihlava IDFF 2023.
Chýbanie
Documentary
Czech Republic / Slovakia, 2023, 82 min
Directed by Štěpán Pech
The film is presented under the banner of Film Club Telegraph. If you are a member of our FK and therefore a card holder of the AČFK - Association of Czech Film Clubs or ARTER card you are entitled to a 20,- CZK discount for this event. It can only be applied when you buy a ticket on the spot after presenting your card. The AČFK card is on sale at the Telegraph reception. More information about the card can be found at AČFK.cz
The ARTER card is on sale at the Moravian Theatre box office. More information about the card can be found at kmarter.cz.
Programme subject to change.
