The Wonderful Years That Sucked (1997)

The Wonderful Years That Sucked (1997)

1997-04-03 Czech Republic 97 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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.

Cast

Ondřej Vetchý is Kvidův otec
Kvidův otec
Libuše Šafránková is Kvidova matka
Jan Zahálka is Kvido (chlapec)
Kvido (chlapec)
Klára Botková is Jaruška (holčička)
Jaruška (holčička)
Jitka Ježková is Jaruška
Vladimír Dlouhý is Ing. Jiří Zvára
Ing. Jiří Zvára
Miriam Kantorková is babička Věra
babička Věra
Květa Fialová is babička Líba
babička Líba
Stanislav Zindulka is dědeček Josef
dědeček Josef