''Out of the City'' ( cs, Cesta z města) is a
Czech comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
directed by
Tomáš Vorel
Tomáš Vorel (born 2 June 1957) is a Czech film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and cameraman. He studied at Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
The Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Pra ...
. It was released in 2000. Out of the City is Vorel's fourth feature film.
Plot
A programmer named Honza decides to clear his head over the weekend from his hectic job, picks up his ex-wife's son, and together they set off on a trip into the countryside. Their civilization is highlighted in the film using mobile phone, laptop and digital camera. They become familiar with a charming country girl named Markéta and her grandmother, who live in a house with scented herbs and homemade liqueurs. A weekend trip stretches to several weeks stay in the small village. Honza and his son spend the most beautiful and gayest moments of their life in the country. The film is a parade of quirky rural characters. Honza's absence from work and his son from school is not without consequences, and father and son are forced to return to civilization. But Honza cannot forget his weeks in the country, or the girl Margaret.
Cast and characters
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Tomáš Hanák as Honza
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Barbora Nimcová as Markéta
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Michal Vorel as Honzík
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Anezka Kusiaková as Anicka
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as Granny
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Bolek Polívka
Boleslav Polívka (born 31 July 1949, in Vizovice) is a Czech film and theatre actor, mime, playwright, and screenwriter. He has appeared in more than 40 films.
Career
Polívka first started appearing in films in the 1960s. He graduated from t ...
as Ludva
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Eva Holubová
Eva Holubová (born 7 March 1959) is a Czech actress. She is known for having cured herself of alcoholism. She received a Czech Lion Award in 2000 for her supporting role in the film ''Ene Bene'' and in 2006, she was nominated for the Best Actre ...
as Vlastička, Ludva's wife
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Leoš Suchařípa as Beekeeper
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Alena Stréblová
Alena is a feminine given name from the origins Russia and Czechia.
People
Alena is a variant of Helen. People with this name include:
* Saint Alena (died 640), born in Dilbeek, Belgium, and martyred c. 640
* Alena Douhan, Belarusian diplom ...
as Helena
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David Vávra
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...
as Jarda
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Jirí Burda as Coachman (as Jirí Hruska)
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Milan Šteindler
Milan Šteindler (born 12 April 1957) is a Czech actor, screenwriter, and film director. He is a graduate of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He won the Czech Lion Award for Best Director for his 1994 film, '' Thanks for Every New Mor ...
as Hunter
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Radomil Uhlir
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Petr Čtvrtníček
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Tomáš Vorel Jr. as Ludva's son
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Daniela Kolářová as Markéta's mother
Music
In the film we see several original songs, ''Cesta z města'' (The Way of the City), ''Dva skřítci'' (Two Elves), and also a choral passage of the Easter responsory ''O Filii et Filiae'' by Jean Tisserand (only a Czech text is used here, the music differs from the original).
References
External links
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2000 films
2000 comedy films
Czech comedy films
2000s Czech films
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