Sladké století

Testimonies of Alča, Dagmar, Hilda… who have served long sentences for anticommunist activities. ‘The heroines of our film might have become newspapers editors, translators, civil servants, mothers… But the whirlwind of history that ravaged Europe left their plans for a ‘normal’ life in tatters. The brutal power whose aim was to create ‘the most just society’ intervened, changing the courses of their lives, ruthlessly and irreparably. As the number of surviving victims of this ‘struggle for a better future dwindles, I feel there is an urgent need to record their testimony on film before it is too late.’ (H. Treštíková)