After a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant, Cellisten Louka, a Czech man, must suddenly take responsibility for her son. However, it’s not long before the communication barrier is broken between the two new family members.
Directed by Jan Svěrák
friendship
concert
escape
funeral
parent child relationship
musician
fictitious marriage
despair
revolution
socialism
language barrier
cello
cellist
prague, czech republic
ban from profession
political instability
trabant
crematorium
teacher
best friend
single father
responsibility
father figure
understanding
communism
czech republic
kids
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Cast
Zdeněk Svěrák
František Louka
Libuše Šafránková
Klára
Ondřej Vetchý
Brož
Stella Zázvorková
Mom
Ladislav Smoljak
Houdek
Irina Bezrukova
Nadezda
Silvia Šuvadová
Blanka
Liliyan Malkina
Aunt Tamara
Karel Heřmánek
Musil
Petra Špalková
Paša
Nela Boudová
Brožová
René Přibil
Pokorný
Crew
Jan Svěrák
Director
Zdeněk Svěrák
Screenplay
Ondřej Soukup
Original Music Composer
Alois Fišárek
Editor
Vladimír Smutný
Director of Photography
Jan Svěrák
Producer
Pavel Taussig
Story
Ivo Špalj
Sound Mixer
David Rauch
First Assistant Director
Mykola Geyko
Second Assistant Director
Václav Šašek
Dramaturgy
Edita Levá
Clapper Loader
Popular Reviews
30 reviews
Terez
7.0★ · 06/08/25
that’s it???!?!? that’s how it ends? OUCH
that’s it???!?!? that’s how it ends? OUCH
danny
7.3★ · 11/24/23
sweet! was gonna be like "i wouldn't let this be a problem for me" but like. for that sort of money i might let it be a problem for me
must you be everywhere?
sweet! was gonna be like "i wouldn't let this be a problem for me" but like. for that sort of money i might let it be a problem for me
must you be everywhere?
antonji
7.0★ · 04/25/26
,,𝐊𝐨𝐥𝐲𝐚...,,
Honestly this movie was beautiful and sad af.
,,𝐊𝐨𝐥𝐲𝐚...,,
Honestly this movie was beautiful and sad af.
klarka
10.0★ · 03/26/26
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Brian
5.3★ · 10/03/24
cute story but i was severely distracted by the way the cello was played throughout the movie. i can understand for the girl who was getting lessons, she was a beginner. but i don't think the actor playing louka knew how to play bc im like 90% sure it's just synced up to an audio recording. half of the time it looks like he gets the fingerings correct but the other half it looks super off idk i could be going crazy. but i think this is strengthened by the end of the movie when he's back in the symphonic orchestra and theres another cellist who looks like he's actually playing the music. also every time he taps his foot it is NOT to the correct tempo of the song so i think that concludes my observations.
cute story but i was severely distracted by the way the cello was played throughout the movie. i can understand for the girl who was getting lessons, she was a beginner. but i don't think the actor playing louka knew how to play bc im like 90% sure it's just synced up to an audio recording. half of the time it looks like he gets the fingerings correct but the other half it looks super off idk i could be going crazy. but i think this is strengthened by the end of the movie when he's back in the symphonic orchestra and theres another cellist who looks like he's actually playing the music. also every time he taps his foot it is NOT to the correct tempo of the song so i think that concludes my observations.
