Mallory
Czech Republic , 2015 / 101 min / OV Czech with English subtitles / Documentary
13 years of life lived at the bottom of society.
Mallory has left her wild youth among punks and skinheads in Prague's underground, as well as her drugs addiction behind her. After giving birth to her son in 2002, she decides to change her life, but it is not easy to replace heroin with a steady job. Especially if you live in a car and you are up against a social bureaucracy that seems to come straight out of a Kafka story.
At regular intervals since 2002, Helena Třeštíkovás has followed Mallory, making of the film about her an existential and almost physical experience of the passage of life, and of the good and bad choices that shape it along the way. Today Mallory studies social work at a vocational school and she has found her employment in helping those whose life she knows the best – people on the fringe of society.
| Mon | 29/02 | 21:30 | Ciné Utopia | OV Czech with English subtitles | Public | http://www.utopolis.lu |
| Tue | 01/03 | 18:30 | Cinémathèque | OV Czech with English subtitles | Public | https://www.luxembourg-ticket.lu/ |
| Sun | 06/03 | 19:00 | Cinémathèque | OV Czech with English subtitles | Public | http://www.luxembourg-ticket.lu |
“Superior "time-lapse" documentary filmmaking […] A fascinating nonfiction drama” Boyd van Hoeij, The Hollywood Reporter, 15/07/2015
“Mallory […] demolishes prejudicial barriers to provide an irresistibly empathetic window into a difficult and troubled life.” Ben Nicholson, CineVue
“Clearly, Trestikova does care about Mallory, and audiences will, too, after watching this condensed account of 13 years in the life of an otherwise-unsung hero, captured via the director’s unique “time collection” approach.” Peter Debruge, Variety, 14/07/2015
- Best Documentary, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, 2015 (Czech Republic)
Born in 1949 in Prague, Helena Třeštíková is one of the most important Czech documentary filmmakers. Since graduating from the Prague Film Academy in 1974, she has directed over fifty films, mostly on the themes of human relationships and various social problems. She has also worked for a long time in Czech television and directed the documentary series “Women at the Turn of the Century” (2000). In the course of time, she specialized in the time-lapse method, following people’s life stories on a long-term basis. For her film “René” (2008), she was awarded by the European Film Academy (EFA) the Prix Arte 2008 for best documentary.
- 2015 Mallory (documentary)
- 2013 Life with Jester
- 2010 Katka (documentary)
- 2008 René (documentary)
- 2006 Marcela (documentary)
- 2000 Women at the Turn of the Century (Zeny na prelomu tisíciletí) (TV Movie documentary)
- 2001 Hitler, Stalin and Me (Hitler, Stalin a já) (documentary)
- 1995 Lida Baarova’s Bittersweet Memories (Sladke horkosti Lidy Baarove) (documentary)
- 1980 Touch of Light (Dotek Svetla) (short)
