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‘Waves’ Writer-Director Jiří Mádl & Cast Discuss Shining A Light On Brave Czech Journalists During Prague Spring – Contenders International
Waves, the Czech Republic’s official entry into the International Oscar race, is set during the 1968 Prague Spring.
Before he began his career as a writer-director, Jiří Mádl was at journalism school when he first found out about the story of a group of brave Czech journalists who would later become the subject of his third feature Waves. “As a punishment for not having proper attendance at the seminars, I got this assignment to read a historic book about Czechoslovakian Radio,” Mádl said, discussing his movie at Deadline’s Contenders Film: International showcase. Though the story of Waves takes place during a monumental period of modern Czech history, Mádl stressed that “the historical event is only the background of it.”
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