Czech Republic / UK / France,
1996, 105 min
(Director's cut: 111 min)
Directed by:
Jan SvěrákScreenplay:
Zdeněk SvěrákCinematography:
Vladimír SmutnýComposer:
Ondřej SoukupCast:
Zdeněk Svěrák, Andrei Chalimon, Libuše Šafránková, Ondřej Vetchý, Stella Zázvorková, Ladislav Smoljak, Ирина Безрукова, Silvia Šuvadová, Лилиан Малкина (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
A confirmed bachelor is in for the surprise of his life when a get-rich-quick scheme backfires ... setting off a wild set of circumstances -- and leaving him with a pint-sized new roommate! Now, with a mischievous five-year-old named Kolya suddenly in his care ... life in this once carefree playboy's tiny apartment changes faster than he could ever imagine! (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1997 - Jan Svěrák (Best Foreign Language Film)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1997 - Best Film not in the English Language
European Film Awards
- 1996 - Jan Svěrák (Best Film)
Czech Lion Awards
- 1996 - Best Film
- 1996 - Jan Svěrák (Best Director)
- 1996 - Libuše Šafránková (Best Actress)
- 1996 - Andrei Chalimon (Best Supporting Actor)
- 1996 - Zdeněk Svěrák (Best Screenplay)
- 1996 - Alois Fišárek (Best Editing)
- 1996 - Zdeněk Svěrák (Best Actor)
- 1996 - Ondřej Vetchý (Best Supporting Actor)
- 1996 - Stella Zázvorková (Best Supporting Actress)
- 1996 - Vladimír Smutný (Best Cinematography)
- 1996 - Best Sound Design
- 1996 - Ondřej Soukup (Best Score)
Golden Globes
- 1997 - Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
Czech Film Critics Awards
- 2019 - Jan Svěrák, Zdeněk Svěrák (Best Film of Post-revolutionary Cinematography)
Venice Film Festival
- 1996 - Jan Svěrák (Honorable Mention)