The likeable director does not forget to emphasize in every interview that the film Her body it is only inspired by the life of Andrea Absolonová. The Olympic swimmer injured her spine while training at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and had to end her sports career prematurely. Her new source of income became acting in pornographic films. She was successful in her new profession, starred in more than 120 films, but later doctors diagnosed her with cancer and she died tragically on December 9, 2004.
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She took the main role in the new film Slovak actress Natálie Germáni, who appears naked in the first few minutes. “It was intentional. We did it like, ‘Here’s the body’ and of course it’s a beautiful female body, but it was shot very austerely like the most ordinary thing,” he describes why Germáni showers naked after the races, introducing the main character and at the same time drawing the viewer into her intimacy.
Vulva, penis a dawn
Different shots of the whole body or its details are repeated. For the main character Andrea, the body is a tool that, according to Císařovská, she uses first in sports and then quite naturally continues to use it in porn as well. The director goes so far in his portrayal that she is not afraid to show the female and male genitals and their connection.
„I think it will divide people. For some it is already too much and it disgusts them, for some it will not be enough and for some it will be unnecessary that we should have cut it out,” he says of the spicy footage filmed by real porn actors. Czech Television producer Alena Müllerová said at the press conference, that CT will broadcast a version that will not contain these shots. Because of the explicit content, only viewers over the age of 18 are admitted to the cinema if they want to Her body see, so they can see the same edited version that will be shown on television. Why was it so important for Císařovská to keep the nude shots?
“I don’t want to reveal everything, but… there are various aspects that are meant to make it seem like it’s basically an asexual shoot. Porn sounds tempting, but when you actually do it, live it and are there everyday, you really don’t enjoy it anymore,” defends the scene, which is supposed to appear asexual and which ultimately completes the entire mosaic of shots Her body.
What Andrea Absolonová’s family told her about the film, how the late porn actress’s sister’s opinion on porn changed and what Natálie Císařovská says about the critical reviews of her debut can be found in the Blesk Podcast:
