Heart Above the Castle

2008

48m

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Overview

A neon heart installed above Prague Castle illuminated the city for the last three months of Václav Havel’s presidency in an artist’s tribute to his extraordinary service. His last major undertaking was hosting the NATO summit in 2002 and Němec was granted extraordinary access to film it. Set to make a “special poetic film”, it took Němec years to process what he had witnessed – George W. Bush creating an alliance to invade Iraq. It may then be the director’s revenge to point his camera lens democratically at everyone involved with the summit, giving the same screen time to kitchen and waiting staff, musicians, security detail and NATO protesters, as to the heads of states and attending dignitaries. Havel however, became as much of a subject as the president on screen, and the film’s narrator, providing commentary in his own voice from the distance of a few years after he left the office.

Status: Released

Language: CS

Production Information

Production Companies

Jan Němec - Film

Production Countries

Czech Republic

Spoken Languages

English Czech

Quick Facts

Original Title	Srdce nad Hradem
Release Date	November 12, 2008
Status	Released
Language	CS

Cast

Key Crew

Jan Němec

Director

Jan Němec

Screenplay

Iva Ruszeláková

Producer

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