My Sweet Little Village

The lorry driver is driven mad by a clumsy crewman. But he soon realises how important their friendship is to the peculiar village.

Vesničko má středisková
Czechoslovakia 1985
  • English
98 min.
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Mentally retarded team worker Otík Rákosník (J. Bán) causes his driver, Mr Pávek (M. Labuda), one trouble after another. Pávek is understanding and patient, but only to a certain tolerable extent. And this is fulfilled when, for the sake of Otík, Pávek knocks down a concrete pillar of a Prague cottage owner while reversing. At that very moment, Otík receives an offer to exchange his cottage for an apartment in Prague. The poor boy doesn't know that an influential Prague director is after his house. But rather than move from Pávek to the choleric, angry Turek (P. Čepek), he'd rather move to the big city…

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Credits
Director: Jiří Menzel
Screenplay: Zdeněk Svěrák
Cinematography: Jaromír Šofr
Music: Jiří Šust
Sound: František Černý, Karel Jaroš
Editing: Jiří Brožek
Production Design: Zbyněk Hloch
Producer: Jan Šuster
Costumes: Běla Suchá
Cast: János Bán, Marian Labuda st., Rudolf Hrušínský, Rudolf Hrušínský ml., Rudolf Hrušínský nejml., Petr Čepek, Libuše Šafránková, Jan Hartl, Miloslav Štibich
Awards

Montreal World Film Festival

1986 – Jiří Menzel (Special Prize of the Jury)

Montreal World Film Festival

1986 – Jiří Menzel (Prize of the Ecumenical Jury)

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  • This film is available in the following territories: Czechia, Slovakia.