Touching documentary about 2 old friends in their 70s.
Jan is tough, and still carries his rage and anger from the WW II and the events after, when he was imprisoned by the communists.
Arnost, a writer and film-maker is more philosophical, and seems to have come to terms with the past.
Both were born in Czechoslovakia. One spent WWII in a concentration camp, the other, slightly older and tougher, escaped, and went on a wild and winding journey to find his way to England, where he joined the RAF as a fighter pilot, Both men returned to Czechoslovakia after the war, only to flee to America to escape the communist dictatorship. In the US they met up, and given their common background became best friends.
Now they travel together to retrace the journey of Jan 'the Fighter' of the two. Along the way, the difference in how they look at things, from the communist party after the war, to the exact meaning a simple moment in Jan's journey slowly drives a wedge into their friendship.
A film about the nature of truth and memory, the complexity of friendship, and the way different personalities assimilate different situation. This is a unique and complex documentary that is both fascinating, surprisingly humorous at moments and heartbreaking.
Jan is tough, and still carries his rage and anger from the WW II and the events after, when he was imprisoned by the communists.
Arnost, a writer and film-maker is more philosophical, and seems to have come to terms with the past.
Both were born in Czechoslovakia. One spent WWII in a concentration camp, the other, slightly older and tougher, escaped, and went on a wild and winding journey to find his way to England, where he joined the RAF as a fighter pilot, Both men returned to Czechoslovakia after the war, only to flee to America to escape the communist dictatorship. In the US they met up, and given their common background became best friends.
Now they travel together to retrace the journey of Jan 'the Fighter' of the two. Along the way, the difference in how they look at things, from the communist party after the war, to the exact meaning a simple moment in Jan's journey slowly drives a wedge into their friendship.
A film about the nature of truth and memory, the complexity of friendship, and the way different personalities assimilate different situation. This is a unique and complex documentary that is both fascinating, surprisingly humorous at moments and heartbreaking.