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Section: Czechoslovakian Cinema: Films of My Childhood
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
The mentally slow driver's assistant Otík Rákosník causes his driver Pávek one problem after another. Pávek is understanding and patient, but only to a certain extent. And he reaches that extent when Pavek breaks the concrete column of a Prague cottage he reverses into because of Otik. At that time, Otík gets an offer to exchange his cottage for an apartment in Prague. The poor boy doesn't know it's a trick by a crooked manager to get his house. However, rather than work with the angry Turek, Otík moves to the big city...
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
|---|---|
| Year | 1985 |
| Duration | 100 min |
| Rating | 12 |
| Language | Czech |
| Subtitle | English |
| Directed by | Jiří Menzel |
| Screenplay | Zdeněk Svěrák |
| Director of Photography | Jaromír Šofr |
| Music | Jiří Šust |
| Edited by | Jiří Brožek |
| Contact | Národní filmový archív |
Biography
Director, screenwriter and actor. He graduated from FAMU. He debuted with the Oscar-winning Closely Watched Trained (1963). His classic film works gained recognition; of them we'll mention the films Larks on a String (1969), Cutting It Short (Postřižiny, 1980) or I Served the King of England (2006).