"Caravan", an interview with director Zuzana Kirchnerova

Zuzana Kirchnerova premiered her poetic and vibrantly sensorial debut, "Caravan", at the 78th Cannes Film Festival, in the Un Certain Regard sidebar. We met the Czech director, also a contender for the Caméra d'or, and talked about the physicality of this road movie set in Italy, where a Czech mother and her mentally disabled son have no other choice than to go on the road, as well as her visual approach, the character of Zuza (the third travel companion of Ester and David), and the dichotomy freedom vs. cramped space/situation. Zuzana Kirchnerova explains that her wish was to shed light on the marginalised life of parents/people who are also caretakers for a family member, and told us about the joys of working with the remarkably expressive young actor who plays David (David Vodstrcil).