It’s 1982 and a bespectacled outsider the Slovak singer Miro Žbirka, known as Meky, wins the Czech Grammy Awards (Golden Nightingale) beating the long-term reigning champion. In 2020 his songs are still played on Czech radio and he has recorded an album at the famous Abbey Road Studios. The director follows Meky for a year, from his flat to a crowded concert in London, from backstage to a sold out Prague O2 Arena, to reveal the modest and level-headed man behind the famous songs. Meky, who has experienced revolutions in both music and society, talks openly about his English roots, his deep personal losses, his rise and fall from fame including a surprising comeback, his brushes with the communist regime, and his all-encompassing love of music and faith in his own journey. With access to previously unseen private archives Šafránek, a Czech Lion winner for his King Skate documentary, has created a dynamic close-up portrait of a popular singer full of honesty, humour and surprises.
The film will be available to rent (UK only) for £4.99 see Vimeo on Demand link below
with English subtitles