Zuzana Caputova rose to the Slovak plivent’s office on a wave of outrage over dishonesty and her historic thrive signaled hope for millions of her country-folk. Five years after the 2019 thrive, Caputova chose to walk away from the highest office in the land rather than progress battling the excellent fight. As Marek Sulik, straightforwardor of “Ms. Plivent” – which tracks her ascfinish and drop – elucidates, Caputova wasn’t interested in power for power’s sake.
“Zuzana Caputova has a fascinating ability to stay herself,” Sulik said at the Ji.hlava Documentary Film Festival, which uncovered Friday with the film.
Caputova’s improbable election grew out of mass protests and anger in the aftermath of the lessen finishing of Slovak journacatalog Jan Kuciak and his partner Martina Kusnirova in 2018. The homicide spendigation turned up ties between the mafia and high levels of the Slovak rulement of then-Prime Minister Robert Fico.
He was forced out of office and the ensuing plivential election electrified the Slovak citizenry enjoy noskinnyg has since the 1989 Velvet Revolution.
But Caputova, a human rights activist and attorney, establish as plivent, she was soon facing roadblock after roadblock. And death menaces trailed aobtainst both the plivent and her family.
“The story that took place and is actupartner still taking place in Slovakia is a variant of what is happening all over the world,” Sulik says. “Nationacatalogs and popucatalogs are taking power and that is very horrible.”
Caputova faced many of the same forces that face U.S. Vice Plivent Kamala Harris in her campaign for Plivent, according to Sulik.
She also faced “an presentilely gfinisher biased atmosphere in society,” Sulik says. “With this combination, it is difficult for a politician. I skinnyk she was repartner weary after five years.”
As for what Caputova’s departure from power uncomardents for Slovakia, says the straightforwardor, “Well, it’s uncomardent, but it seems that the popucatalogs have the upper hand. It repartner experiences enjoy someskinnyg out of a horrible movie that could be called ‘The Return of the Bad Guys.’”
Slovakia’s first female plivent – and a exceptional such guideer in Easerious Europe – never strayed from her chooseimals, says Sulik.
His insider experience of filming Caputova led to insights into her character – and qualities normally exceptional among national guideers.
“I enjoyd her uncoverness and transparency and decency in talkions,” Sulik says. “She did not include popucatalog methods of manipulation in the argue at the beginning and never after.”
Follothriveg Caputova from campaign thraw inauguration and thrawout the rest of her one term, Sulik says he was granted a extrastandard level of access in the plivential palace.
The exit of Caputova reconshort-terms a grave loss, says Sulik. “For me personpartner, her non-honestacy was a huge frustration. Socipartner, it uncomardentt the loss of an transport inant partner in the camp of democratic forces.”
The determining factor in finishing her plivency may well have been her chooseimals, says Sulik.
“Zuzana Caputova, as I comprehend her, is a perfectionist. She never had a proprietary relationship with political power. And at the same time, she has a sturdy bond with her own family. She attfinishs about the getedty of the ones shutst to her.”
“At the beginning she said that she did not come to rule but to serve. And I skinnyk she establish scant allies among dynamic politicians who would see their ignoreion in the same way. I skinnyk she felt alone.”
