The Wonderful Years That Sucked

The Wonderful Years That Sucked

17.11. 22:00
CS Film
105 minutes
1997
Czech Republic Comedy

Capturing the dark humor of Czech author Michal Viewegh's chronicle of life after the Velvet Revolution, this black comedy chronicles three decades in the life of a small Czech family. While the original novel centered on the protagonist Kvido from his conception through his adulthood, first time director Petr Nikolaev and screenwriter Jan Novak changed the focus to his parents Milena, an extremely self-effacing lawyer who acts on stage in her spare time, and Ales, a rather aimless government worker who tends to drift wherever the wind takes him. The lives of Ales and Milena change dramatically following the Russian invasion of Prague in 1968.

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Czech
1997
Czech Republic Comedy

Capturing the dark humor of Czech author Michal Viewegh's chronicle of life after the Velvet Revolution, this black comedy chronicles three decades in the life of a small Czech family. While the original novel centered on the protagonist Kvido from his conception through his adulthood, first time director Petr Nikolaev and screenwriter Jan Novak changed the focus to his parents Milena, an extremely self-effacing lawyer who acts on stage in her spare time, and Ales, a rather aimless government worker who tends to drift wherever the wind takes him. The lives of Ales and Milena change dramatically following the Russian invasion of Prague in 1968.

Creators

M. Duba, Ivan Hlas, Michal Dvořák, Jaroslav Olin Nejezchleba, Jan Novák, Petr Nikolaev

Cast

Aleš Najbrt, Otakar Brousek st., Petr Koutecký, Jan Slovák, Jan Vondráček, František Švihlík, Jiří Fero Burda, Martin Matejka, Zdeněk David, Jaroslav Horák, Ladislav Klepal, Doubravka Svobodová, Jitka Ježková, Otakar Brousek, Jan Zahálka, Květa Fialová, Vladimír Javorský, Miloň Čepelka, Miriam Kantorková, Viktor Preiss, Vilma Cibulková, Vladimír Dlouhý, B. Klepl, Libuše Šafránková, Alice Bendová, Otmar Brancuzský, Emma Černá, Klára Botková, Lenka Vychodilová, Vlastimil Zavřel, Ondřej Vetchý, Stanislav Zindulka, Jan Hraběta, Jiří Schmitzer, J. Wehrenberg