Heart Above the Castle

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Jan Němec
Writing	Screenplay	Jan Němec
	Idea	Jan Němec
Sound	Music	Michal Pavlíček
	Sound Mixer	Ivo Špalj
Production	Producer	Iva Ruszeláková
Camera	Camera Operator	Jiří Maxa Petr Marek Karel Cudlín Jan Němec Karel Slach
Editing	Editor	Šimon Špidla
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