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Jiří Trnka: A Long Lost Friend (2019)

Joel Farges, a French filmmaker in his 60s tries to track down the destiny of his favourite childhood film, Prince Bayaya by Jirí Trnka whose work used to be popular also in France. Trnka's career peaked during the Cold War and his films were presented as an artistic counterweight to commercial production of Disney. Leftist western intellectuals were amazed; Trnka's films were narrated by Jean Cocteau and Richard Burton, winning prizes in Cannes and Venice and for the totalitarian regime they were a valuable export article. Trnka found he had become a puppet himself - of the political system. His disillusion led him to revolt. He left us a body of work celebrating a unique experience, the freedom associated with eternal youth.

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Réginald Huguenin

Joël Farges (adult)

Jérôme Carret

Camera operator

Arkaitz Basterra Zalbide

Assistant director

Vladimír Klaška

Jiří Trnka (young)

Adam Šrámek

Rudolf Trnka

Jana Kollertová

Růžena Trnková

James Warren

Jan Trnka (young)

Otto Němec

Jiří Trnka (adult)

Sacha Huyghe

Joël Farges (young)

Olivia Csiky Trnka

Joël Farges's Mother

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