Havel Speaking, Can You Hear Me? (2024)

Plot

This documentary captures the final years of Václav Havel, the renowned former president and playwright, offering a complex view of this celebrated figure as well as the ordinary man grappling with serious health challenges. Havel invites the filmmakers into his private world, sharing intimate moments that reveal new aspects of his character. With wit, he contemplates his political impact and universal human themes. A key theme of the film is the connection between Havel's own experiences and his aspiration to adapt his acclaimed play Leaving into a film.