HANTA
This is a story about those who search for liberty. This is also the story of those who remain silent, who imprison, who kill. And as always, they destroy thousands of books, books that contain stories and lives. It’s also about how ideas and life resist oppression and arise again, like plants growing in the cracks of a wall. This is also the conflict between simple beauty of life and the ambition of a progress at any cost that crashes individual dreams.
Synopsis
In 1968 the writer Bohumil is censored when he is in the prime of his career. To save himself, he pretends to obey the current government while secretly writing a novel starring Hanta, an old presser of censored books. Bohumil’s reality and Hanta’s fiction intertwine in the midst of a dangerous context for both of them, from which they will only manage to free themselves through death.
Project in development/pre-production
looking for:
Distributors, producers/co-producers, developers, broadcasters, compositors, investors, sales agents, technical partners
HANTA
Writen and Directed by:
Emilio Ramos.
Based on:
Too loud a solitude by Bohumil Hrabal.
Country:
Mexico and looking for international partners.
Genre:
Drama, Biographic, Fiction, Fantasy.
Running time:
01 h 20 min.
Production:
Rodrigo Herranz, Atotonilco Estudio.
Distribution:
Worldwide rights available.
Artistic direction:
Juan Antonio Sánchez Rull & TBD
Target public:
Teens, Young adults, Adults.
Technique:
Drawing on paper, 2D + 3D Computer.
Teaser
Pitch at Ventana Sur 2021