My Sweet Little Village

My Sweet Little Village (1985)

Vesničko má středisková

The movie's main storyline follows the life of Otík, a young man, in a tight-knit village community. The sweet-tempered Otík works as an assistant truck driver with Mr. Pávek, his older colleague and practical-minded neighbor. Pávek's family takes care of Otík, whose parents are dead. However, the two coworkers become at odds over Otík's inability to perform even the simplest tasks. Pávek demands that Otík be transferred to assist another driver, who happens to be a choleric and suspicious man named Turek (Turk in Czech). Rather than work with Turek, Otík decides to accept an offer of employment in Prague, but finds he does not fit in to the city life. After discovering that the transfer of Otík to Prague was a trick by a crooked politician to get a deal on Otík's large inherited house, Pávek agrees to give Otík a second chance and retrieves him from the city to resume their work together.

Date of release
1985-08-01
TMDB
7.4 / 10 (88)
Runtime
1h 38m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Jiří Menzel

Casting

  • János Bán — Otík
  • Marián Labuda — Pávek
  • Rudolf Hrušínský — doktor Skružný
  • Petr Čepek — Josef Turek
  • Libuše Šafránková — Jana Turková
  • Jan Hartl — Václav Kašpar
  • Miloslav Štibich — Kalina
  • Rudolf Hrušínský — Honza Kalina, ml.
  • Oldřich Vlach — rostlinář Jaromír Kunc
  • Rudolf Hrušínský — Drápalík
  • Milena Dvorská — Pávková
  • Stanislav Aubrecht — Jarda Pávek

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