The read
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 95% of the 1,941 1990s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
220 audience votes
Key crew
- Ondřej SoukupOriginal Music Composer
- Jan SvěrákDirector
- Zdeněk SvěrákScreenplay
Cast
- Zdeněk SvěrákFrantišek Louka
- Andrei KhalimonKolya
- Libuše ŠafránkováKlára
- Ondřej VetchýBrož
- Stella ZázvorkováMom
- Ladislav SmoljakHoudek
- Irina BezrukovaNadezda
- Silvia ŠuvadováBlanka
- Liliyan MalkinaAunt Tamara
- Karel HeřmánekMusil
- Petra ŠpalkováPaša
- Nela BoudováBrožová
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Themes
friendshipconcertescapefuneralparent child relationshipmusicianfictitious marriagedespairrevolutionsocialismlanguage barriercello
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