Directed by:
Miloslav ŠmídmajerComposer:
Petr MalásekCast:
Miloš Forman, Petr Forman, F. Murray Abraham, Jean-Claude Carrière, Michael Douglas, Louise Fletcher, Matěj Forman, Woody Harrelson, Natalie Portman (more)Plots(1)
FILMS – SUCCESS – CAREER – DISAPPOINTMENT – FRIENDS – FAMILY – CRUELTY – CHILDHOOD – THE VIRTUE OF POWER – REBELLION – FREEDOM… These are the basic pillars of this visually spectacular documentary by director Miloslav Šmídmajer, which seeks the answers to a few key questions: Why did Milos Forman have to shoot some films the way he did? Where does his internal strength spring from? What is his life story? Are you expecting a portrait recalling the milestones of Forman’s career and his famous films? Don’t. Because we’re going to tell you a story about cruelty, losing parents and losing sons, about the power of overcoming demons. About the desire to succeed and to be free… Milos Forman lost his parents during childhood. Twenty-seven years later, his first sons lost their father, who was forced to emigrate and remain abroad. Only now are they making up for what others experience as youth… Multiple trying experiences compelled him to make certain movies (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The People vs. Larry Flint, Goya’s Ghosts). You will spend 100 minutes in Milos Forman’s company and learn more about his life and thinking than ever before. You’ll peer into his private life, his sorrows… You’ll enjoy snippets of his famous films, meet famous personalities from the film world, experience the night he won the Oscar for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, see a number of rare scenes… The documentary took roughly five years to make and was shot in New York, Connecticut, Paris, Valencia, Madrid, Prague and other locations in the Czech Republic. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Miloš Forman
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Silvery Wind (1954)
Keeping the Faith (2000)
Vintage Car (1956)
Petr Forman
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Behold Homolka (1969)
The Defender (2021) (series)
Homolka and Pocketbook (1972)
Jean-Claude Carrière
France
Best movies:
L'Amour nu (1981)
Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)
The Milky Way (1969)
Michael Douglas
USA
Best movies:
The Game (1997)
Barbra: The Concert (1994) (concert)
Falling Down (1993)
Louise Fletcher
USA
Best movies:
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Cruel Intentions (1999)
The Player (1992)
Matěj Forman
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Behold Homolka (1969)
Homolka and Pocketbook (1972)
Hogo fogo Homolka (1970)
Woody Harrelson
USA
Best movies:
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Natalie Portman
Israel
Best movies:
Léon: The Professional (1994)
Heat (1995)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Annette Bening
USA
Best movies:
American Beauty (1999)
Mother and Child (2009)
Valmont (1989)
Javier Bardem
Spain
Best movies:
Dune: Part Two (2024)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
Dune: Part One (2021)
Catherine Zeta-Jones
UK
Best movies:
Traffic (2000)
The Terminal (2004)
Side Effects (2013)
Saul Zaentz
USA
Best movies:
Martina Formanová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
A Hoof Here, a Hoof There (1988)
Ta naše písnička česká II (1990)
Pan Tau (1988)