Czech showrunner and screenwriter Štěpán Hulík (“Burning Bush”) and Slovak director Michal Blaško have landed their new drama miniseries “Suspicion” in this year’s Berlin Series sidebar, making history as the first series from the region to do so.
The series follows callous and bitter nurse Hana Kučerová (Klára Melíšková) as she is accused of euthanasia following rumors of her violations and poor treatment of patients. When she is jailed, her frayed relationship with her daughter Tereza (Denisa Barešová) is put to the test as she is left with very few options to prove her innocence.
Hulík’s screenplay is foundationally built on the character of Hana, whose icy disposition challenges the assumed innocence of a protagonist. Melíšková’s portrayal brings a chill to every scene, whether one questions her guilt or not. “Suspicion” is a snapshot of social conspiracy, and points as much at presupposition as it does at justice.
The series follows callous and bitter nurse Hana Kučerová (Klára Melíšková) as she is accused of euthanasia following rumors of her violations and poor treatment of patients. When she is jailed, her frayed relationship with her daughter Tereza (Denisa Barešová) is put to the test as she is left with very few options to prove her innocence.
Hulík’s screenplay is foundationally built on the character of Hana, whose icy disposition challenges the assumed innocence of a protagonist. Melíšková’s portrayal brings a chill to every scene, whether one questions her guilt or not. “Suspicion” is a snapshot of social conspiracy, and points as much at presupposition as it does at justice.
- 2/16/2022
- by JD Linville
- Variety Film + TV
Time to Burn: Holland’s Magnificent Mini-Series Event Well Worthy of Big Screen Treatment
Realized as a three part mini-series for television, Polish director Agnieszka Holland’s latest enterprise, Burning Bush, revisits a late 60’s historical moment in Czech history, when the country was occupied by Soviet forces. Holland has a broad wealth of war time period pieces under her belt, and her most championed titles generally deal specifically with the Holocaust, such as the brilliant Angry Harvest (1985), Europa Europa (1990), and even most recently, In Darkness (2011). While this latest endeavor has premiered at film festivals and will receive a limited run in New York on the big screen, Holland specifically formatted this richly observed narrative for television. Obviously, it’s an extensive format that inspired Holland, for she directed an American mini-series revamp of Rosemary’s Baby not long afterwards (and not to mention several episode credits of popular Western...
Realized as a three part mini-series for television, Polish director Agnieszka Holland’s latest enterprise, Burning Bush, revisits a late 60’s historical moment in Czech history, when the country was occupied by Soviet forces. Holland has a broad wealth of war time period pieces under her belt, and her most championed titles generally deal specifically with the Holocaust, such as the brilliant Angry Harvest (1985), Europa Europa (1990), and even most recently, In Darkness (2011). While this latest endeavor has premiered at film festivals and will receive a limited run in New York on the big screen, Holland specifically formatted this richly observed narrative for television. Obviously, it’s an extensive format that inspired Holland, for she directed an American mini-series revamp of Rosemary’s Baby not long afterwards (and not to mention several episode credits of popular Western...
- 6/11/2014
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Agnieska Holland’s feature centres on a student in Prague who set himself on fire in the name of freedom.
Agnieska Holland’s Burning Bush has been chosen as the official entry of the Czech Republic for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.
Click here for Best Foreign-Language Film Academy Award submissions 2013
Interview: Agnieska Holland on Burning Bush
The Czech Film and Television Academy have selected the film for submission, which was produced by HBO Europe and directed by Holland from a script by Stepan Hulik.
Burning Bush is the story of Jan Palach, a young student at Charles University in Prague, who set fire to himself in the Czech capital’s Wenceslas Square in January 1969, the year following the Prague Spring, making thesacrifice in the name of freedom; and the legal fight by his family to clear his name in the face of the oppressive communist propaganda machine.
The film, also produced...
Agnieska Holland’s Burning Bush has been chosen as the official entry of the Czech Republic for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.
Click here for Best Foreign-Language Film Academy Award submissions 2013
Interview: Agnieska Holland on Burning Bush
The Czech Film and Television Academy have selected the film for submission, which was produced by HBO Europe and directed by Holland from a script by Stepan Hulik.
Burning Bush is the story of Jan Palach, a young student at Charles University in Prague, who set fire to himself in the Czech capital’s Wenceslas Square in January 1969, the year following the Prague Spring, making thesacrifice in the name of freedom; and the legal fight by his family to clear his name in the face of the oppressive communist propaganda machine.
The film, also produced...
- 9/24/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
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