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
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
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.
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).
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.
There is one similar movie - Báječná léta pod psa / The Wonderful Years Of Lousy Living http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118675/ http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117341 ... id=31&cs=1
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]
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: