Justice Lies in God’s Hands

Prague and Slatina, a little village between Prague and Pilsen, are two places that make up Marketa’s home. Slatina is connected to her childhood. As a child she spent there a lot of time and still loves to come back. In Prague she is fully occupied with her professional carrier as a judge. It has not been long since she was also preoccupied with taking care of her father who died in the age of 92. The relationship between him and Markéta was exceptionally strong and their dialogues form the axes of the documentary.

In Slatina everything goes in a slower pace, love and peace with which the cottage there was built fills the atmosphere, whereas in Prague life is different, hectic. However, even in Prague, Markéta has her own places she goes to ponder; St.Antoine Church on the Strossmayer’s square, where years ago Alois Kánský, family friend used to give sermons, Boromej garden, where she used to go to visit her father. Dr.Čermínová a judge, and Markéta, a daughter and a bearer of Dr.Jakub Čermín legacy, these are two of her roles depicted in the documentary.

PRESS RELEASE:

The youngest “Child of Stalinism” who has just turned 40. Mrs. Markéta Čermínová was born in 1968, after her dad came back from prison. Similarly as her father she graduated in law and is a judge at court of appeal in Prague. Her dad, Dr. Jakub Čermín, former chairman of Liberty Fighters Association, imprisoned for his political views during the Nazism and Communism, died short time ago. The document captures his last testimony. It was the difference, Mrs. Markéta as a daughter of political prisoner felt, that made the authors of the documentary film her story.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE DAUGHTER:

Dr. Markéta Čermímová was born in 1968 as a daughter of political prisoner Dr. Jakub Čermín. After high school she graduated from the Faculty of Law at Charles University in Prague. She is a judge now at the city court in Prague.

She was born after her father returned from prison, which makes her the youngest of the “Daughters”. Her father was 52 years old, her mother was past her forties at the time she was born. That is why the story of Markéta Čermínová stands out in many respects from the stories of other political prisoners daughters. She experienced neither repression of 50. , nor father’s absence in the family. On the contrary, her father gave her his full attention. Even though it was in a different way she was also affected by the past. It has not been long since her father, she took care of, died. This, however, did not prevent her from giving herself to her demanding work. She will never compromise the ideals she learned at home. Her parents’ marriage based on Christian faith and values that made her childhood happy is one of them. Even if she has not been able to fulfill it so far and is looking for the partner that would meet this ideal she is not embittered or sardonic and calls herself “rational person”. As a professional Mrs. Markéta is viewed on as a troublemaker and she considers herself „the rebel in justice.“ She does not keep her opinions on Czech society and present state of Czech justice to herself. In this respect she takes after his father, who also considered himself „homo politicus“. Up until the time he was politically active she took the role of her mother and accompanied him to the social and political meetings, not always to the consent of her colleagues. Similarly as her father she is also worried and disappointed with current politics and the direction the whole Czech society is heading to. Mrs. Markéta is energetic, lively and attractive woman. She looks very good, wears smart clothes takes care of her appearance. If she was not a judge, she would probably be politically active, but the Czech politics put her off. Even though she does not hesitate to speak openly, sometimes in the press too. Her life, however, would be completely different if it was not for her faith. Her family have always been Catholics. Faith, love and strong family ties helped them to overcome all they had to suffer from during the communism as well as in post-socialist era. That is why father Kánský, a close friend of a family, has such a prominent place in a family history.