Hot Docs 2008

For four years, Orthodox priest Libor Halík has been singing psalms loudly and persistently outside the hospital where abortions are performed in Brno, Czech Republic. Not only is Halík vehemently against, as he calls it, "the murder of small children," he will do anything to have his ideas on abortion, homosexuality and modern society heard. While women try to pass in peace, Halík steadfastly keeps his vigil outside the clinic doors, asking them to look at a plastic "fetus," described by one woman as looking like a tadpole. Filmmaker Filip Remunda and his team, including scriptwriter Richard Komárek, travel around the city filming various conversations with subjects including a well-known anarchist, Komárek himself and some of the female members of his family. Family secrets and intriguing unexpected dialogue unfold, creating a diverse array of views on this passionately felt issue.