Jungle/Placht

synopsis

Czech painter and artist Otto Placht (1962) is sometimes called the painter of the jungle. His creative and private life is divided between Prague and Peru, where he draws inspiration from the depths of the Amazon rainforest, ayahuasca and the local people. The film shows his creative process in the interiors of Prague and a studio built right in the rainforest. Poetic shots of nature are interspersed with the harsh realities of the big city, in which Placht's passionate love life and complicated family life are also revealed. The artist's paintings have proven to be not only a fascination with and homage to immaculate nature, but also an environmental plea for its protection.

“My material base is Europe, and my spiritual space is opened by the South American rainforest. One cannot exist without the other.”

Source: Czech Radio

biography

Czech cinematographer and director Alice Růžičková (1966) has been the head of the Department of Documentary Filmmaking at FAMU in Prague since 2018. She has made a number of documentary and experimental films in collaboration with Martin Čihák (Netopýrolog, 1996; Amatérský film, 1998; Originální Videojournal, 1998; Otto Placht - malíř džungle, 1999; Archiv FAMU, 2000; Exprmntl KBH, 2001), and is a dramaturge and publisher.

more about film

director:	Alice Růžičková
producer:	Jitka Kotrlová
script:	Alice Růžičková
photography:	Jan Šípek
editing:	Jiří Procházka
music:	Martin Klusák, Ian Mikyska
sound design:	Juras Karaka
co-producer:	Kateřina Ondřejková, Barbora Kinkalová

contact

Jitka Kotrlová / Frame Films
jitka@framefilms.cz