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GLOSA: Bočan wanted to create truth, or at least a small idea. But he also had to make *Parta hic*

From iDNES · () Czech

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  • A documentary about filmmaker Hynek Bočan combines a portrait of his career with material from his personal diaries.
  • The film includes his reflections on both serious creative ambitions and the need to make the comedy *Parta hic*.
  • Its candidness turns a familiar return to a director’s key works into an unusually personal portrait.

“Today it looks like fun, but it really wasn’t entirely fun.” The line captures the tone of a documentary portrait of Hynek Bočan, presented as the last living filmmaker of the Czechoslovak New Wave.

Bočan allows the film to look into his personal diaries as well as his work. That openness gives the documentary more than a standard review of a director’s important films.

The portrait follows the tension between Bočan’s wish to create something truthful, or at least “a little idea,” and the practical demands that also led him to make *Parta hic*. The result is described as an exceptional portrait built on his candor.

Today it looks like fun, but it really wasn’t entirely fun.

· Hynek BočanThe remark appears in the documentary and captures its candid view of his filmmaking experience.
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Originally published by iDNES in Czech. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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