Synopsis
Twenty years ago, Alice Růžičková made a documentary about the Czech painter Otto Placht, portraying his life with his native family in Peru, on the borders of the Amazon rainforest. In addition to everyday struggles for survival, Otto devoted himself to painting – the jungle became his lifelong central theme. The documentary confronts Otto Placht with the transformations over the preceding 20 years both in his personal and professional lives, as well as his views on the transformation of the Amazon habitat. The central narrative rests in the painter’s return to the Amazon with his son Pino.