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Havel fulfils lifelong dream and directs film of latest play
BBC News
2010-08-03
The former Czech president Václav Havel has fulfilled a lifelong dream – directing a film adapation of his latest play Leaving. The work – an absurdist comedy – deals with a theme close to Mr Havel’s heart; a recently retired politician struggling to adjust to life after politics. “It is built on an archetypal experience of a world that is collapsing,” Havel told reporters.