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href="/wiki/File:Surviving_life_poster.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d2/Surviving_life_poster.jpg/220px-Surviving_life_poster.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="312" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Surviving_life_poster.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="265" data-file-height="376" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Theatrical release poster</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jan_%C5%A0vankmajer" title="Jan Švankmajer">Jan Švankmajer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Written by</th><td class="infobox-data">Jan Švankmajer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data">Jaromír Kallista</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data">Václav Helšus<br /><a href="/wiki/Kl%C3%A1ra_Issov%C3%A1" title="Klára Issová">Klára Issová</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Zuzana_Kronerov%C3%A1" title="Zuzana Kronerová">Zuzana Kronerová</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Em%C3%ADlia_Do%C5%A1ekov%C3%A1" title="Emília Došeková">Emília Došeková</a><br />Daniela Bakerová</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data">Jan Růžička<br />Juraj Galvánek</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data">Marie Zemanová</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data">Alexandr Glazunov<br />Jan Kalinov</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />companies</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;">Athanor<br />C-GA Film</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data">Bontonfilm</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release dates</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>7 September 2010<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2010-09-07</span>)</span> (<a href="/wiki/67th_Venice_International_Film_Festival" title="67th Venice International Film Festival">Venice Film Festival</a>)</li> <li>4 November 2010<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2010-11-04</span>)</span> (Czech Republic)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">109 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Countries</th><td class="infobox-data">Czech Republic<br />Slovakia</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">Czech</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Budget</th><td class="infobox-data">35 million <a href="/wiki/Czech_koruna" title="Czech koruna">Kč</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Surviving Life</b></i> (<a href="/wiki/Czech_language" title="Czech language">Czech</a>: <i lang="cs"><b>Přežít svůj život</b></i>) is a 2010 Czech comedy film by <a href="/wiki/Jan_%C5%A0vankmajer" title="Jan Švankmajer">Jan Švankmajer</a>, starring Václav Helšus, <a href="/wiki/Kl%C3%A1ra_Issov%C3%A1" title="Klára Issová">Klára Issová</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zuzana_Kronerov%C3%A1" title="Zuzana Kronerová">Zuzana Kronerová</a>. 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It premiered out of competition at the <a href="/wiki/67th_Venice_International_Film_Festival" title="67th Venice International Film Festival">67th Venice International Film Festival</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surviving_Life&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Václav Helšus as Evžen and Milan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kl%C3%A1ra_Issov%C3%A1" title="Klára Issová">Klára Issová</a> as Evženie</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zuzana_Kronerov%C3%A1" title="Zuzana Kronerová">Zuzana Kronerová</a> as Milada</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Em%C3%ADlia_Do%C5%A1ekov%C3%A1" title="Emília Došeková">Emília Došeková</a> as <a href="/wiki/Id,_ego,_and_super-ego" class="mw-redirect" title="Id, ego, and super-ego">super-ego</a></li> <li>Daniela Bakerová as Dr. Holubová</li> <li>Marcel Němec as colleague</li> <li>Jan Počepický as antiquarian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jana_O%C4%BEhov%C3%A1" title="Jana Oľhová">Jana Oľhová</a> as prostitute</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pavel_Nov%C3%BD" title="Pavel Nový">Pavel Nový</a> as janitor</li> <li>Karel Brožek as boss</li> <li>Miroslav Vrba as Fikejz</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surviving_Life&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The film was co-produced by Athanor and the Slovak company C-GA Film, with participation of <a href="/wiki/Czech_Television" title="Czech Television">Czech Television</a> and UPP. It received eight million <a href="/wiki/Czech_koruna" title="Czech koruna">korun</a> from the Czech State Fund for Support and Development of Cinematography and around six million korun from <a href="/wiki/Eurimages" title="Eurimages">Eurimages</a>. Additional support was granted by the <a href="/wiki/MEDIA_Programme" class="mw-redirect" title="MEDIA Programme">MEDIA Programme</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-benatkach_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-benatkach-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The production involved a total budget of 35 million korun.<sup id="cite_ref-benatkach_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-benatkach-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Animation work was done by an international team at Švankmajer's studio in <a href="/wiki/Knov%C3%ADz" title="Knovíz">Knovíz</a>, just outside Prague.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film uses <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Glazunov" title="Alexander Glazunov">Alexander Glazunov</a>'s Concert Waltz No.1 in D,op 47 as opening and ending theme. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release">Release</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surviving_Life&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Surviving Life</i> premiered on 7 September 2010 out of competition at the <a href="/wiki/67th_Venice_International_Film_Festival" title="67th Venice International Film Festival">67th Venice International Film Festival</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was subsequently shown at several festivals including the <a href="/wiki/BFI_London_Film_Festival" title="BFI London Film Festival">London Film Festival</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bontonfilm released it in the Czech Republic on 4 November 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surviving_Life&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Deborah Young of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hollywood_Reporter" title="The Hollywood Reporter">The Hollywood Reporter</a></i> called Švankmajer a "grand master not just of innovative animation techniques but of life itself", and wrote that the director "is at the height of his filmmaking powers as director, artistic director and storyteller here." Young also noted, however, that the film's complex narrative and unconventional imagery "will not be everyone's cup of tea."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i> editor Leslie Felperin complimented the chemistry between Helšus and Issová, and noted how the film was more similar to Czech mainstream comedies than what normally would be expected from the director: "For all the grotesquerie on display (and there's hardly anything here as disturbing as Svankmajer's imagery in <i><a href="/wiki/Alice_(1988_film)" title="Alice (1988 film)">Alice</a></i> from 1988), pic feels much lighter in tone than the helmer's last few films, such as <i><a href="/wiki/Lunacy_(film)" title="Lunacy (film)">Lunacy</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Little_Otik" title="Little Otik">Greedy Guts</a></i> (aka <i>Little Otik</i>), or <i><a href="/wiki/Conspirators_of_Pleasure" title="Conspirators of Pleasure">Conspirators of Pleasure</a></i>."<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Švankmajer won the <a href="/wiki/Czech_Lion" class="mw-redirect" title="Czech Lion">Czech Lion</a> for Best Art Direction for the film.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also nominated for Best Director and Best Sound.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surviving_Life&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 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href="/wiki/A_Game_with_Stones" title="A Game with Stones">A Game with Stones</a></i> (1965)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Garden_(1968_film)" title="The Garden (1968 film)">The Garden</a></i> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Flat_(1968_film)" title="The Flat (1968 film)">The Flat</a></i> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Picnic_with_Weissmann" title="Picnic with Weissmann">Picnic with Weissmann</a></i> (1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/A_Quiet_Week_in_the_House" title="A Quiet Week in the House">A Quiet Week in the House</a></i> (1969)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Don_Juan_(1969_film)" title="Don Juan (1969 film)">Don Juan</a></i> (1969)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Jabberwocky_(1971_film)" title="Jabberwocky (1971 film)">Jabberwocky</a></i> (1971)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Leonardo%27s_Diary" title="Leonardo's Diary">Leonardo's Diary</a></i> (1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Castle_of_Otranto_(film)" title="Castle of Otranto (film)">Castle of Otranto</a></i> (1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Dimensions_of_Dialogue" title="Dimensions of Dialogue">Dimensions of Dialogue</a></i> (1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Pendulum,_the_Pit_and_Hope" title="The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope">The Pendulum, the Pit and Hope</a></i> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Meat_Love" title="Meat Love">Meat Love</a></i> (1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Death_of_Stalinism_in_Bohemia" title="The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia">The Death of Stalinism in Bohemia</a></i> (1990)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/Food_(film)" title="Food (film)">Food</a></i> (1992)</span></li></ul> 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