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Special Screenings 2022 / Velká premiéra / Czech Republic 2022

An actor called Šnajdr is given an opportunity to make his debut as a director. He doesn’t think twice about leaving Prague and dashing off to Olomouc, where he is met by the grumpy director of the town’s cultural centre and his eccentric grandma, who is to be the star of his production and who's perfectly attuned to his sense of humour and mystification… A bittersweet comedy directed by Miroslav Krobot and starring Pavel Šimčík and Iva Janžurová.

Synopsis

Actor Pavel Šnajdr eagerly accepts an opportunity to direct his first film. He’s not bothered that he has to leave Prague and head for Olomouc in order to do this. Quite the reverse. Things aren’t going very well in his marriage and in Olomouc he gets to live with his eccentric grandma, who shares his distinctive sense of humour and mystification and is thus the ideal partner for him in a piece of improvised performance. However, the preparations for the premiere don’t go exactly according to plan. Grandma doesn’t like being bossed around on stage and the director of the cultural centre has a completely different artistic vision from that of Šnajdr. Pavel Šimčík, Iva Janžurová and Iva Pazderková are outstanding as the leads in Miroslav Krobot's bittersweet comedy.

Anna Kořínek

About the film

90 min / Color, DCP
World premiere
Director Miroslav Krobot / Screenplay Miroslav Krobot, Lubomír Smékal / Dir. of Photography Martin Štrba / Music Martin Hůla / Sound Dušan Kozák / Editor Jarosław Kamiński / Art Director Jan Vlček / Producer Silvie Michajlova, Ondřej Zima / Production Evolution Films / Coproduction Česká televize / Cast Pavel Šimčík, Iva Janžurová, Iva Pazderková, Miroslav Krobot, Klára Melíšková, Ivana Plíhalová, Jenovéfa Boková, Roman Vencl, Jakub Žáček, Hana Doulová / Contact Evolution Films / Distributor Falcon a.s.