Salaam Cinema

5000 applicants for a role in a film became both the actors as well as subjects of shooting. The casting call as the film's main subject not only blurs the lines between documentary and film, but exposes both the protagonists and the director's position. A self-analytical meditation upon the paradox nature of media and the role of the artist. Humanism extracted through tyranny.
"You have ten seconds to start crying." The girl replies resolutely: "I love film, but crying is a sign of weakness." Soon, however, the tears come on their own. The same with an older man. The director: "You didn't cry in prison even when they tortured you." (Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival)