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A bitter sweet comedy follows a womanizing former political leader who is stepped down from his position after years of service to his unnamed country. With just two last days left to enjoy his extravagant government villa before he is finally evicted, his situation gradually goes from bad to worse.The film is not just about the leaving of one politician from his office, but more generally about the phenomenon of change itself: every second something dones and something irretrievably goes. We do not know from where everything emerges and know even less to where it disappears. This is in fact a classic theme of dramas: the end. The end of a man. The end of an era. The end of a community. The end of love. The film Leaving is first directorial film effort of Václav Havel former president of the Czech Republic. He received many national awards, international awards and honorary doctorates for his literary works, for his opinions, and for his lifelong efforts on the observance of human rights.
HD | 90´ | © 2011
director(s): Václav Havel
producer(s): Czech Television, Buc-film, s.r.o.
scriptwriter(s): Václav Havel
director of photography: Jan Malíř
cast: Josef Abrhám, Dagmar Havlová Veškrnová, Barbara Seidlová, Tatiana Vilhelmová, Oldřich Kaiser, Vlasta Chramostová, Jan Budař, Eva Holubová, Jaroslav Dušek, Jiří Lábus, Jiří Bartoška, Marian Labuda, Miroslav Krobot, Pavel Landovský and others
rights available: TV, Video, Internet
original language: Czech
subtitles available: English
other data: AWARDS: 19th Czech Lion 2011 for Best Script and Best Editing