One Year

From November 1997 to October 1998, the following worked, lived, sang, prayed and spoke:

Eva Pavlincová (1907) from Javorník nad Veličkou

Kateřina Ďugová (1909)

and her brother Jan Miklošek (1917) from Hrubá Vrbka

Eva Petruchová (1913) from Javorník nad Veličkou

Martin Kománek (1908 - + 13.4.1998) from Petrušská Dolina

Tomáš Majtán (1914) from Javorník nad Veličkou

Josef Horák (1917) from Podhájské Mlýny

The film portrays seven inhabitants of the foothills of the White Carpathians who were born either before or in the course of W. W. I, that is, between 1907-1917. The filmmakers visited them both on ordinary days and on traditional church and state holidays. The result is a testimony of the value system and order of people whose life journey began at the beginning of such a contradictory and difficult century and ends at its frenetic close. A testimony that touches on questions of age, illness, death, faith and culture without sentimentality. A testimony about people who, in spite of difficult mountain conditions, maintained their free spirit and humour as an expression of their great inner strength.

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