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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