Surviving Life ( Prezít svuj zivot (Theory and Practice) ) ( Savaivingu raifu -Yume wa daini no jinsei (Sein Leben überleben) )

Surviving Life (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Prezít svuj zivot (Theory and Practice)
Alternate Title: Savaivingu raifu -Yume wa daini no jinsei (Sein Leben überleben)
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Czech ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
105 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Behind the scenes
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2010 and produced in:
Czech Republic ( Russia, Eastern Europe )
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )
Slovak Republic ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Jan Svankmajer

Written By:
Jan Svankmajer

Actors:
Václav Helsus ..... Evzen / Milan
Klára Issová ..... Evzenie
Zuzana Krónerová ..... Milada
Daniela Bakerova ..... Dr. Holubová
Emília Doseková ..... Super-ego
Marcel Nemec ..... Colleague
Jan Pocepický ..... Antiquarian
Jana Olhová ..... Prostitute
Pavel Nový ..... Janitor
Karel Brozek ..... Boss
Miroslav Vrba ..... Fikejz
Ludmila Hanuláková ..... Himself
Lenka Dvorská
Vaclav Jezek
Jan Svankmajer

Synopsis:

Eugene (Václav Helsus) leads a double life - one real, the other in his dreams. In real life he has a wife called Milada (Zuzana Kronerová); in his dreams he has a young girlfriend called Eugenia (Klára Issová). Sensing that these dreams have some deeper meaning, he goes to see a psychoanalyst, Dr. Holubova, who interprets them for him, with the help of some argumentative psychoanalytical griping from the animated heads of Freud and Jung. As we gradually piecing together Eugene's life story, his dream-world love affair with Eugenia is thwarted by the appearance of other characters, including her little boy Peter, her extortionist ex-husband, and a filthy old woman who keeps warning him not to harm her. Soon after, we discover she is expecting Eugene's child - to the dismay of Dr. Holubova, who believes Eugenia is in fact his anima. And getting your anima pregnant is worse than incest...

Surviving Life, the enchanting new film by surrealist Czech animator Jan Svankmajer (Alice, Conspirators of Pleasure) uses a combination of photographic collages and live-action photography to tell the story of Eugene, a middle-aged man who leads a double life-one real, the other in his dreams. The exhibition Surviving Life: Collages by Jan Svankmajer in the Amphitheater Gallery consists of 50 collages made during the production of the film, revealing the gentle surrealism and whimsical humor behind Svankmajer's artistry.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 16 July, 2012.

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