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Surviving Life

Original title: Prezít svuj zivot (teorie a praxe)
  • 20102010
  • 1h 49m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
1.4K
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POPULARITY
81,800
25,267
Surviving Life (2010)
AnimationComedyFantasy
The film uses a mix of cut-out animation from photographs and live-action segments, and tells the story of a married man who lives a double life in his dreams, where he is married to another... Read allThe film uses a mix of cut-out animation from photographs and live-action segments, and tells the story of a married man who lives a double life in his dreams, where he is married to another woman.The film uses a mix of cut-out animation from photographs and live-action segments, and tells the story of a married man who lives a double life in his dreams, where he is married to another woman.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
1.4K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
81,800
25,267
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    • Director
      • Jan Svankmajer
    • Writer
      • Jan Svankmajer(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Václav Helsus
      • Klára Issová
      • Zuzana Krónerová
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Jan Svankmajer
    • Writer
      • Jan Svankmajer(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Václav Helsus
      • Klára Issová
      • Zuzana Krónerová
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 5User reviews
    • 39Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 3 nominations

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    Václav Helsus and Klára Issová in Surviving Life (2010)
    Surviving Life (2010)
    Václav Helsus in Surviving Life (2010)
    Emília Doseková in Surviving Life (2010)
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    Václav Helsus
    Václav Helsus
    • Evzen…
    Klára Issová
    Klára Issová
    • Evzenie
    Zuzana Krónerová
    Zuzana Krónerová
    • Milada
    • (as Zuzana Kronerová)
    Daniela Bakerová
    • MUDr. Holubová
    Emília Doseková
    • Super-ego
    Marcel Nemec
    • Colleague
    Jan Pocepický
    • Antiquarian
    Jana Olhová
    Jana Olhová
    • Prostitute
    Pavel Nový
    Pavel Nový
    • Janitor
    Karel Brozek
    • Boss
    Miroslav Vrba
    • Fikejz
    Frantisek Polata
    • Doctor
    Ludmila Hanuláková
    • Cashier in Sportipo
    Lenka Dvorská
    • Cashier in cinema
    Vaclav Jezek
    • Waiter
    Jakub Frydrych
    • Petrícek
    Michal Pokorný
    • Clerk at work
    Karel Strnad
    • Tram driver
    • Director
      • Jan Svankmajer
    • Writer
      • Jan Svankmajer(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Final film of Emília Doseková.
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    User reviews5

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    10/10
    Wonderful
    Surviving Life is certainly the best film on its subject, dreams, ever made. It doesn't really have a message or any particular point of view to get across about dreams. The main character comes to understand his, which drives the mystery of the plot, but that doesn't make his life magically better, as it would in Hollywood movies. What the film does is display dreams as they actually are. This must be the only example of a realist rather than a romantic taking dreams as his subject, and as such it is invaluable. It does comment on theories of dreams a little, which is quite fun with portraits of Freud and Jung literally duking it out while a psychologist's analysis favors one and then another. Thoughout there are loads of wonderful, funny ideas like that as is typical of a svankmajer film, and I think this is probably his best.
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    • Release date
      • September 16, 2010 (Slovakia)
    • Countries of origin
      • Czech Republic
      • Slovakia
      • Japan
    • Official sites
      • Athanor (Czech Republic)
      • Bontonfilm (Czech Republic)
    • Language
      • Czech
    • Also known as
      • Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)
    • Production companies
      • Athanor
      • C-Ga Film
      • Ceská Televize
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    Box office

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    • Gross worldwide
      • $11,133
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 49 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital EX
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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