Better Go Mad in the Wild
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- Miro Remo
- Aleš Palán
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| Czech | Raději zešílet v divočině |
| Literally | I'd rather go crazy in the wilderness |
| Directed by | Miro Remo |
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| Based on | Raději zešílet v divočině by Aleš Palán |
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| Music by | Adam Matej |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
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| Language | Czech |
Better Go Mad in the Wild (Czech: Raději zešílet v divočině) is a 2025 documentary film co-written and directed by Miro Remo. The film based on the book of the same name by Czech journalist and writer Aleš Palán, documents the life of identical twin brothers Franta and Ondra, who share everything in Sumava Mountains.[1][2]
The film, a Czech Republic and Slovak Republic co-production premiered at 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on 10 July 2025. It won Crystal Globe in the main competition.[3][4]
- František Klišík
- Ondrej Klisik
Production
The film is based on the one of the stories in the book of the same name by Aleš Palán. The book includes several stories about the Šumava hermits. One of them was about the cast of the film: Franta Klišík and Ondra Klišík. In an interview to Variety, Miro Remo, the director of the film, said,
"We spent 60 days with the brothers over the course of five years, and I began to feel their animals were communicating with us as well. The biggest advantage was that anything was possible on that project. We only needed to overcome our fear of conventions."
The film was produced by Remo and Tomáš Hrubý for Arsy-Versy, Dušan Husár with Remo shot the film.[5]
Release
Better Go Mad in the Wild had its premiere at 59th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival on 10 July 2025, where it won the Crystal Globe competing with other eleven feature films.[6][7]
It was presented in the 'Mission Life - 2025' section of the 56th International Film Festival of India in November 2025.[8]
