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Section: Czech Films and TV Production
The Abstainer (2019)
Adam had his life ahead of him; all that was left was to finish his exams and apply to university. To fight off boredom and to feel relaxed and funny, he turned to alcohol. Then came the trouble. Now at a rehabilitation centre for alcoholics, he initially defies the strict regime here. His views of the treatment and himself change only thanks to an empathetic therapist. The inhospitable environment becomes a place of self-reflection on an event that irreversibly changed Adam's life.
| Country | Czech Republic |
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| Year | 2019 |
| Duration | 83 min |
| Rating | 15 |
| Language | Czech |
| Subtitle | English |
| Directed by | David Vigner |
| Screenplay | David Vigner, Lucie Kryzová, Jan Jílek |
| Director of Photography | Jan Vlnas |
| Music | Marek Mrkvička |
| Contact | CinemArt |
Biography
A Czech director who graduated in directing at FAMU with the film Civic Hope (2014). He reflected on themes of young people's lives with the medium-length films Sami (2012), On the Edge (2015), and Jakub (2016). He made his feature film debut with Abstinent (2019), and in the same year he completed the feature documentary Still Waters (2019).