Our hero is 25-year-old Štěpán – a nice enough guy but a bit of a waster who doesn’t have a clue what to do with himself. At the call centre where he works, he is jolted out of his lethargy when he takes a call from the mysterious and seemingly level-headed Marie. This playful flick revolves around young protagonists full of insecurities who are struggling to break out of the crushing stereotypical mould. And although Štěpán might not know exactly which path to take in life, the mere decision to put one foot in front of the other indicates a certain degree of progress. In its chosen stylisation the film opts for bizarre condensation and, in places, ventures into absurd poetics; even so, it reveals great understanding for its characters’ faltering moves.
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Cast
28 people
Vít Rohr
Štěpán Procházka
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Tomáš Pavlíček
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Jenovéfa Boková
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Burning Bush
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Jakub Mahler
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Marie Doležalová
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Šimon Holý
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Tomáš Michálek
Tomáš Pavlíček Director · Ladislav Moulis ml. Cinematographer Črt Brajnik Editor
First release July 7, 2014 · Produced in Czechia · Production Česká televize, FAMU
Production
MasterFilm
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Česká televize
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FAMU
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Czechia
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Original title
Parádně pokecal
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
Czechia · July 7, 2014
Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Czechia · July 31, 2014
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
May 21, 2015 · Czech Center, Paris
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