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Plot: Once a renowned cellist in the August Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, middle-aged bachelor, Frantisek Louka, now plays funerals at the city crematorium. Occupied by the Russians, Prague is on the eve of...( read more read more... ) the 1989 Velvet Revolution. Louka has no idea that more than political change abounds. The personal revolution he is about to experience is just as unpredictable as the revolution outside his window. his entire life is interrupted when a friendly grave-digger proposes that Louka marry his distant Russian niece who needs Czech papers. No ties. No obligations. Just a signature in exchange for enough money to buy a small car and pay the rent. Resolved to maintain his bachelor lifestyle, Louka refuses. But when the grave-digger's niece turns out to be young and beautiful, he changes his mind. His bride quickly emigrates to Germany to join her lover, leaving behind her six year-old Russian son, Kolya. The young boy is left in Louka's care, inviting the turmoil of the country into his own small apartment.

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  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    October 3, 2008
    A Czech old man gets stuck taking care of a little Russian boy. Neither can speak the other's language.

    It ends up being a cute movie as they learn to communicate and the man grows to care about the boy. I can't imagine a mother leaving her son behind all that time, though.
  • Want To See
    MCT:
    July 3, 2008
    want to see this because it won best foreign-language film at the oscars and best foreign-language film at the golden globes
  • Not Interested
    MCT:
    June 10, 2008
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    MCT:
    April 17, 2008
    not interested
  • Want To See
    MCT:
    August 19, 2007
    Could be worth a viewing, would like to see it sometime in the future.

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