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Section: Golden Slipper for Special Contribution in Children´s and Youth Cinema
Cutting it short (1980)
Francin, a brewery manager, feels like a hunted man. He really wants to please the board of directors in order to keep his job. He’d also like some quiet happiness with his beautiful wife Maryška, but she’s part of the problem. She’s passionate about life and cares little about social conventions, but all of the board members adore her. Francin therefore does not know how to tame her. His problems grow when his brother Pepin moves in with them. His ideas pull Maryška like a moth to a flame! These two find ways to cause trouble that the manager would rather not see...
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
|---|---|
| Year | 1980 |
| Duration | 93 min |
| Rating | 12 |
| Language | Czech |
| Directed by | Jiří Menzel |
| Screenplay | Bohumil Hrabal, Jiří Menzel |
| Director of Photography | Jaromír Šofr |
| Music | Jiří Šust |
| Edited by | Jiří Brožek |
| Contact | NFA |
Biography
Director, screenwriter and actor. He graduated from FAMU. He debuted with the Oscar-winning Closely Watched Trains (1963). His classic film works gained recognition; of them we'll mention the films Larks on a String (1969), Cutting It Short (Postřižiny, 1980) and I Served the King of England (2006).