Rene has been in prison from the age of sixteen , with others he tried to rebel inside the prison and his punishment, originally for theft, was extended. We met him just before his eighteenth birthday in Libkovice. He was in the "dangerous" group because of the rebellion. After a time he was transferred to Plzen, now among adults. Life holds no interest for Rene, he has given up on his parents (they gave up on him when he was small, in fact), he doesn't even know how many other children they have. After the amnesty, he just hung about, no form of work interests him and he goes out stealing with his younger brother who is still a minor... History repeats itself and Rene asserts himself in his philosophy of life: to have good times while outside, then back to the prison and so it goes on. Then he is released again... The whole film is framed around Rene's letters to the director of the film. Rene is again released and he goes to apologise to her for completely robbing her flat during his last very short term of freedom ...
A unique film series begun by director Helena Trestikova in the spring of 1989 using an unusual and singular technique whereby the lives of the film subjects are filmed over a number of years and told within the confines of one film. The material was filmed in a correctional facility for young people in Libkovice over a period of between two and five years. The films capture not only the changes in the lives of the individual protagonists, but also the changes to the whole of society.
| Director, script: | Helena Třeštíková |
| Cinematography: | Martin Kubala |
| Music: | Vlastimil Matoušek |
| Sound: | Vladimír Nahodil |
| Editing: | Jan Petras |
| Dramaturgy: | Jiří Gold |
| Runnig time: | 60 min |
| Year of production: | 1993 |
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