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Karlovy Vary Artistic Director Readies for Czech Reckoning With #MeToo Ahead of Premiere of ‘Broken Voices’
Things are changing in the Czech Republic, says Karlovy Vary Film Festival artistic director Karel Och. Also when it comes to the #MeToo movement.
Ondřej Provazní’s drama, selected for the Crystal Globe Competition, was inspired by the Bambini di Praga case: a famous children’s choir which saw its choirmaster arrested and charged with sexual abuse of minors that went on for years. In the past, the fest faced criticism due to some of its controversial guests, including Johnny Depp, or even its Crystal Globe statuette, which once led Mel Gibson to say: “It’s just the kind of thing I want. While the fest will welcome Dakota Johnson, Peter Sarsgaard and Stellan Skarsgård, Bartoška had his hand at another guest’s very first visit: Michael Douglas, now coming back to present an anniversary screening of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” which he produced.
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