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Section: New Czech Film and TV Programmes
When the Lion Roars (2022)
In Dante's purgatory, two important figures of the Czech Middle Ages meet: King Přemysl Otakar II and the traveling monk Odorik, the first European to see Tibet. The two swap stories. The monks tells of his journeys and the king of his reign: successes, losses and injustices. They find unexpected common ground; one had a book stolen and the other a kingdom. The story takes us back in time to the Czech kingdom’s greatest territorial expansion.
| Country | Czech Republic |
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| Year | 2022 |
| Duration | 100 min |
| Rating | 12 |
| Language | Czech |
| Subtitle | English |
| Directed by | Jan E. Svatoš |
| Screenplay | Jan E. Svatoš |
| Director of Photography | Romi Straková |
| Music | Jan E. Svatoš |
| Edited by | Václav Trčka, Jan E. Svatoš |
| Contact | Art Francesco s.r.o. |
Biography
Film director and screenwriter. A graduate of FAMU, FSV of Charles University and the FAMO, where he also works as a teacher. He has made many docs, including the acclaimed feature films Africa Obscura (2010), Wild Works (divoČINY, 2013) and The Ark of Lights and Shadows (Archa světel a stínů, 2018).
Based upon a Book, Biography, Canada Rocks!, Festival Laurels