Documentary HELENA’S LAW – 2017 Arpa IFF

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Sunday, November 5, 2017
1:15 PM – 2:45 PM
STEVEN SPIELBERG Theatre, Egyptian
Documentary Film Presentation
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HELENA’S LAW

Documentary
77 min (Czech Republic, 2016)

2017 ARPA IFF NOMINEE for Best Documentary Film

Director: Petra Nesvačilová
Writer: Petra Nesvačilová
Producers: Klára Žaloudková
Cast:

Young actress and documentary director Petra Nesvačilová, decided in her most recent film to focus on police detective, Helena Káhnová, who, with a colleague, managed to send to prison in the 1990´s several dozen people in the so-called Berdych Gang case – including Berdych himself. In total, the sentences meted out came to hundreds of years – the policewoman, as an extra work bonus, received 10 000 Czech crowns (roughly 300 GBP) and a promotion which was revoked soon afterwards. In completing the film the director managed to establish a working relationship with Berdych himself and former members of his gang. What motivates a woman police officer to stand up to a mafia and what motivates a young documentary film-maker to make contact with this mafia and shoot a film about them?

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