Czech Films 2004-2005 2005 / Non plus ultras / Czech Republic 2004
Do Czechs really know how to root? Can a diehard soccer fan fall in love? This comedy about a group of zealous Sparta Prague fans focuses on sports, obviously, but also on life - sometimes insidious, always redolent with beer.
Jirka, nicknamed Bull, is the leader of a group of diehard Sparta Prague fans who aren’t interested in anything but soccer and alcohol. The gang includes the bad tempered rowdy Eye, a lummox named Diver, the stuttering dolt Dog and the decent, slightly older Stick. They make their home away from home at Lojza’s pub, swilling mind-numbing quantities of beer and waiting for the arrival of two English rowdies who share the young men’s lifestyle despite getting on in years. But Bull has other problems to solve: he’s fallen for a friend of his sister’s, which generates a bit of a tricky situation: girlfriends don’t fit in with his current way of life. Admittedly, the hooliganism which goes along with being a soccer fan is central to the film, but it is not its only theme: the script employs comic distance to comment on the extreme lives of outwardly ordinary youths.
79 min / Color, 35 mm
Director Jakub Sluka
/ Screenplay Jiří Popel
/ Dir. of Photography Jukub Dvorský
/ Music various artists, Radim Hladík
/ Editor Olina Kaufmanová
/ Producer Lukáš Malý, Jakub Sluka
/ Production Lajka-Film s.r.o.
/ Cast David Novotný, Vladimír Dlouhý, Matěj Hádek, Michal Novotný, Karel Zima
/ Contact Lajka - Film s.r.o., AQS a.s., Falcon a.s.
www: www.nonplusultras.cz
Jakub Sluka (b. 1974, Prague) graduated from Prague’s Film Academy (FAMU) in 1998. He gained professional experience making successful music videos and commercials, and he has also made inroads as a documentary filmmaker. Filmography: the short 16 mm documentaries What Can You Do (1995), The Sun Sets So Sorrowfully (1996), Terra australis (1998) with which he became a finalist at the Telly Awards (USA), A Parisian Belly of Memories ( 2002). In 2004 he shot hisfeature debut, the comedy Non plus ultras, acting as producer as well.
Lajka - Film s.r.o.
Haštalská 27, 110 00, Praha 1
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 224 826 874
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E-mail: [email protected]
AQS a.s.
Na Klikovce 7/367, 140 00, Praha 4
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 221 436 100
E-mail: [email protected]
Falcon a.s.
Radlická 3185/1c, 150 00, Praha 5
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 224 422 222
E-mail: [email protected]
Jakub Sluka
Lukáš Malý
Producer
Jana Malá
Actor
Olina Kaufmanová
Film Editor, Producer
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