"When a person lives on Wenceslas Square, they cannot imagine escaping history," says documentarian Helena Třeštíková, who was born in one of the buildings on the famous Prague square. She captured modern Czechoslovak and later Czech history like no one else, focusing not on politicians and major events but on ordinary families in her series 'Marital Studies.' Thanks to a unique technique of collecting documentary material, which some call an obsession with the passing of time, she brought to life the transformation of social conditions and the way of life of individuals. Now she has experienced what it is like to become an object herself, and renowned writer Pavel Kosatík provides the most comprehensive view of Helena Třeštíková's life from her childhood to the present. The director talks about her own family and the participants, who often become her metaphorical family members, especially when a protagonist falls in love with the director. She reveals the birth of a cinematic style, reminisces about her influences, and how the documentary genre has evolved over forty years. Questions related to the ethics of her approach, the circumstances surrounding the creation of her most significant films, and her involvement in politics, which she considers her greatest mistake, are also present. These questions can be surprisingly personal.
