title of czech movie

Discussion in 'Movies, Music & Media' started by ziphen, Apr 7, 2006.

  1. ziphen

    ziphen New Member

    Hi,

    I wonder if any of you guys in this vast netland of ours remember the movie from the 90's or maybe early 2000. The story is about a slightly odd family, father is a soldier or policeman in pre and post soviet intervention time and a lover of everything that was made in brotherly socialist states...spoons and plastic glasses from GDR for instance. He is bitterly disappointed with his soviet friends after the intervention and his belief in socialism is slightly shattered. I remeber the scene when his more freespirited brother comes to visit (christmas dinner?). They compete who can hold their breath longer by sticking their heads into the sink filled with water... I'm afraid I don't remeber much more so I hope that it helps. If anybody knows the title of this movie please post it here.

    dekuji vam
     
  2. Zeisig

    Zeisig Well-Known Member

    Pelíšky.

    Hrají: Miroslav Donutil, Boleslav Polívka, Jiří Kodet, Jaroslav Dušek, Eva Holubová, Simona Stašová, Emilie Vašáryová...
    Režie: Jan Hřebejk
    Hudba: Ivan Král, Ivan Hlas
    Scénář: Petr Jarchovský
    Stopáž: 115 minut
    Rok výroby: 1999
     
  3. czechchris

    czechchris Well-Known Member

    I love that film.

    It was shown as an in-journey film on the coach from London to Prague about 3 times without subtitles (and understood little at first), then I bought it in Prague.
     
  4. eso

    eso Well-Known Member

  5. Zeisig

    Zeisig Well-Known Member

    BTW, the glasses, common in school dining-rooms, were made from tempered glass (duralex). There is frequently a misconception that tempered glass is "unbreakable" or "nearly unbreakable". This is not true, of course (as we saw in the film).
     
  6. ziphen

    ziphen New Member

    Thanks a lot guys for the info...now one more thing, what exactly does Pelisky mean...
     
  7. czechchris

    czechchris Well-Known Member

    The subtitle on the dvd I bought says it means "Cosy Dens".
     
  8. eso

    eso Well-Known Member

    Pelíšek (plural = pelíšky) literally means "little den". When I hear it, I imagine comfortable den, where is squrriel or puppy safelly hidden fom enemy world.

    In movie it's mean flats and cottages, where people hid from world outside. From world where communists rules and soviet tanks cruise streets.
     
  9. eso

    eso Well-Known Member

  10. ziphen

    ziphen New Member

    I've seen Baječna leta pod psa, loved it. But I'm Wievegh's fan so I might be partial about it. Read three of his books, loved everyone of them. I've heard that they have made a film after his Román pro ženy...anybody seen it? Any good?[/quote]
     
  11. brook

    brook Well-Known Member

    Yep - I saw "Roman pro zeny" at the Czech embassy a few weeks ago. I loved it! It was very funny - the scene at the restaurant with her mom and boyfriend is hysterical! I also thought it was interesting cause it attempts to deal with the whole idea of cheating and who cheats on who and why. Always an interesting topic. :mrgreen:
     

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