Pelíšky
Pelíšky
It ´ s a very popular Czech historical comedy film directed in 1999 by Jan Hřebejk with popular Czech actors Miroslav Donutil , Bolek Polívka and more . The story is situated between years 1967 and 1968 , just before the armies of Warsaw Pact invaded our country . It shows contrasts between the generations of old people and children and the situation in our country as well . The sense of the film is to remember the people who were lost or captured by communists during " cleanings " in Communist party of Czechoslovakia .
The story itself has more than one line . It starts with a boy named Michal trying to kill himself on a rope , because his secret love doesn ´ t want him and instead , she loves his best friend . Meanwhile , on 24 th of December , the families related to him and living in the same house were preparing for Christmas Eve ( not to mention that the film shows some of Czech traditions during Christmas ). Michal was the son of Czechoslovakia army officer Šebek , played by Donutil . He played the strict and pro-Russia orientated father . On the floor above them , Jindřiška ( the boy ´ s love ) lives with her rude , chauvinistic and nationalist father Mr . Kraus . He opposed the communists . The last story line is about the boy ´ s aunt . She desperately tries to find a partner to have a father for her son . The story continues to summer of 1968 . Jindřiška ´ s mother dies of heart problems and stress caused by her husband . He is very shocked and his rude personality is now broken ( I felt sorry for him sometimes ), but he then married the boy ´ s aunt . They were to travel to London , when the story ends with the invasion , as I mentioned before , armies of Warsaw Pact . The boy ´ s father was ruined and sacked from his work ; Jindřiška ´ s father escaped with Michal ´ s aunt to London and came back after 20 years .
The film is heart taking , and none of the Czechs would argue that it ´ s a masterpiece of our filmography , if not the best film . Here you can watch the official trailer of the film . https :// www . youtube . com / watch ? v = CwQOncE8O6k
Photo of Miroslav Donutil , the main character of Pelíšky and wellknown actor in the Czech Republic .
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