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Synopsis
Based on the beloved novella by Bohumil Hrabal, and containing all the enchantment still present in the twisted streets of Old Town Prague, TOO LOUD A SOLITUDE spins a tale of passion, beauty, and high moral stakes in the midst of a crumbling civilization.
Hanta is a simple, beer guzzling book crusher, who from the outside appears filthy and reclusive. We learn, however, that he is brimming with inspired dreams of beauty, all culled from the magical words found in the books he rescues from destruction. From his encounters with buxom gypsies and hallucinated visits from famous philosophers, Hanta recounts in whimsical fashion an idyllic past full of love affairs, comedy and great tragedies, all while having to confront an oppressive and soulless present that forces him out into the world in search of a place where his dreams of beauty might still exist.
Bio
Genevieve Anderson is a filmmaker, producer, and social entrepreneur living in Los Angeles. Her short films have played at over 100 festivals worldwide, winning awards in Berlin, Seattle, Chicago, Rhode Island, Palm Springs, among many others, and have been broadcast on ARTE and IFC. Her award-winning first feature, DUSTWUN, about her experience living at the US/Mexican border, is distributed globally by House of Film. She is a Rockefeller Media Artist Grant recipient and an Annenberg Fellow, and earned her MA from the USC School of Cinematic Arts. She produced for world-renowned video artist Bill Viola for 15 years, helping create the artist’s biggest works – Venice Biennale, St. Paul Cathedral, London, The Deutsche Guggenheim, The Hamad International Airport, Qatar, among many others. She is the subject of Forming the Formless, an Emmy-nominated PBS spotlight on her work with puppets. She is founder of WUNZ Apparel in Action, a social enterprise working with the Los Angeles Mission to help provide employment pathways to women in recovery.
Awards History
UNIMA Award 2024
Credits
Producer - Steve Gaub
Visual Effects - Evan Jacobs
