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Bohdan Sláma
Homosexuality and all that it embraces remains taboo in our society. Perhaps it isn't criminalized-- as it was in my country under the previous totalitarian system-- but that doesn't mean that society has matured. A homosexual still cannot be sure that he will be accepted with love and without prejudice or fear because our conservative society remains opposed to diversity as can be seen whenever one travels outside the environs of our anonymous big cities.
The hero of our story hasn't found a loving relationship with a man. In his personal search for the reasons why, he meets another human being, a woman, Marie, someone who has also gone down the blind alley of eternal yearning. They understand each other, can relate to each other's uncertain state, fullof desires, hopes and expectations. They find within one another mutual trust, closeness and forgiveness.
This is a story about finding harmony. It is the final episode in my trilogy about seeking love, after the feature films Wild Bees and SomethingLike Happiness. It is a story concerned with deepening the form of emotional drama that has thus far been built on the cornerstone of classical tragedy.
Born in 1967 in Opava, Czech Republic, Bohdan Sláma studied feature film directing at Charles University's film school FAMU. His student film, Garden of Paradise, won anumber of prizes at student film festivals and his graduate film, White Acacias, even though only one hour in length, was presented theatrically within the country.
His debut feature, Wild Bees, won a Golden Tiger at its international premiere in Rotterdam in 2002. His follow-up feature, Something Like Happiness, premiered internationally in 2005 at the Donostia San Sebastian, winning both the Main Prize and Best Actress Award. It has been sold into more than 20 territories worldwide.
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