My Sweet Little Village made in : Czechoslovakia in 1985 director : Jiří Menzel screenplay : Zdeněk Svěrák
actors : Janos Bán , Marián Labuda , Libuše Šafránková
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My Sweet Little Village made in : Czechoslovakia in 1985 director : Jiří Menzel screenplay : Zdeněk Svěrák
actors : Janos Bán , Marián Labuda , Libuše Šafránková
This Czech classic comedy with a bit of tragedy was nominated for the Academy Award for the Best Foreign Film . It won the Special Jury Award in Montreal World Film Festival .
In January 2007 it was chosen by 22 % Czechs as the best Czech comedy in history .
The plot : Otík , the main character , a mentally retarded young man , lives in a little village . The sweet-tempered Otík works as an assistant truck driver with Mr . Pávek , his older colleague and practical-minded neighbor . Pávek ' s family takes care of Otík , whose parents are dead . the film is about solidarity , friendship , love
There various characters , real humans with every-day problems and their substories . It is full of funny situations and also irony , but the humour is not cheap , it is intelligent and wise . Several quotes and scenes from the film are famous .
This pleasant film is not ageing , although it was filmed in communistic Czechoslovakia , it is still fun to watch . It has got great Czech actors , kind humour , beautiful music , kind heart in the centre of the stories . part of the film with
• The leading actor Janos Bán is Hungarian , not Czech .
English subtitles : https :// www . youtube . com / watch ? v = E18ZHVljses & list = PLvefTKbuRGWBwjSezBO7KkLbgfTHy5xmK