The Wonderful Years That Sucked

The Wonderful Years That Sucked (1997)

Báječná léta pod psa

Capturing the dark humor of Czech author Michal Viewegh's chronicle of life after the Velvet Revolution, this black comedy chronicles three decades in the life of a small Czech family. While the original novel centered on the protagonist Kvido from his conception through his adulthood, first time director Petr Nikolaev and screenwriter Jan Novak changed the focus to his parents Milena, an extremely self-effacing lawyer who acts on stage in her spare time, and Ales, a rather aimless government worker who tends to drift wherever the wind takes him. The lives of Ales and Milena change dramatically following the Russian invasion of Prague in 1968.

Date of release
1997-04-03
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (23)
Runtime
1h 37m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Petr Nikolaev

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Bliss Was It In Bohemia

Báječná léta pod psa is a 1997 Czech comedy drama film adapted from the book of the same title by Michal Viewegh. Directed by Petr Nikolaev and starring Libuše Šafránková, Ondřej Vetchý and Jakub Wehrenberg, the film portrays a young family struggling through the twenty years of the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia.

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