MALLORY (2015)
Czech Republic. Direction: Helena Třeštíková. Production: Kateřina Černá, Pavel Strnad, Helena Uldrichová, Ivana Pauerová / Negativ, Czech Television. Screenplay: Helena Třeštíková. Photography: Miroslav Souček, Vlastimil Hamerník, Robert Novák, David Cysař, Jiří Chod, Jakub Hejna. Music: Tadeáš Věrčák. Edition: Jakub Hejna. Running time: 101 min
LANGUAGE: Czech / SUBTITLES: Spanish, English
Following her documentary trilogy Marcela (2007), René (2008) and Katka (2010), portraits of women she followed for several years, here the Czech filmmaker Helena Třeštíková tells us about Mallory and the last thirteen years of her life, when she tries to get by in a hard life packed with difficulties. The moment that marks a turnaround in her existence is the birth of her son. She decides to come off drugs and stop living the street, her home of long standing. Mallory strives to forget her past while trying to help the people who live on the fringes of society.
Selection: One World – International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival (Prague, Czech Republic)
