Citizen Havel

An intimate look at the playwright and essayist Václav Havel, the first president of the Czech Republic, former political dissident and leader of the Velvet Revolution. A man thrust into the spotlight of international politics and celebrity, trying to maintain a balance between public and personal life while bringing his nation out of its communist past and into a free, democratic future. With a supporting cast that includes, among others, Bill Clinton, Mikhail Gorbachev, the Dalai Lama, Bill Gates, Lou Reed, and the Rolling Stones, the film delivers its unique subject in a manner certain to engage and delight citizens the world over.