Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now! 2010 / Muži v říji / Czech Republic 2009
In the tradition of Jiri Menzel’s My Sweet Little Village, sly rural comedy Men in Rut draws its humor from the clash of small and big worlds as politicians in a remote burg – so remote, in fact, that the road ends there – try to realize their dream of a new highway connecting them to Europe.
In the tradition of Jiri Menzel’s My Sweet Little Village, but utterly contemporary in its satire, sly rural comedy Men in Rut draws its humor from the clash of small and big worlds as politicians in a remote burg – so remote, in fact, that the road ends there – try to realize their dream of a new highway connecting them to Europe. The South Moravian hamlet of Mourinov may not be on the map of Central Europe, but it’s home to Franta, a national champion at enticing stags in rut. Longtime mayor Hanacek and local bigwig Jarda devise a European competition in this odd discipline in order to lure the jovial prime minister to the opening ceremony and lobby him with their plans. Yet despite the village elders’ elaborate scheming, people and circumstances stubbornly refuse to fall in line with their conception of the festivities.
109 min / Color, 35 mm
Director Robert Sedláček
/ Screenplay Robert Sedláček
/ Dir. of Photography Petr Koblovský
/ Music Tomáš Kympl
/ Editor Matouš Outrata
/ Producer Darina Levová
/ Production Česká televize / Czech Television
/ Cast Jaroslav Plesl, Eva Vrbková, Martin Trnavský, Pavel Zedníček, Jaromír Hanzlík, Martin Huba, Igor Bareš
/ Contact Czech Television - Telexport, Bontonfilm, a.s.
/ Distributor Bontonfilm, a.s.
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Jitka Procházková
Festival Organizer, TV Representative
Robert Sedláček
Film Director
Aleš Danielis
Distributor
Marek Jeníček
Distributor, Producer
Petr Slavík
Distributor, PR & Marketing
Darina Levová
Producer
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