''Pupendo'' is a 2003
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comedy drama film directed by
Jan Hřebejk
Jan Hřebejk (; born 27 June 1967) is a Czechs, Czech film director and actor.
Life and career
Born in Prague, Hřebejk graduated from high school in 1987 and continued his studies at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in ...
Plot
Pupendo shows the difficulty of life in Czechoslovakia during the 1980s. Artist Bedřich Mára (Bolek Polivka) is unable to find much secure work due to his public antagonism toward the ruling Communist Party. He has a wife and two children. Life begins to change when art historian Alois Fábera (Jiři Pecha) begins working on a piece about Bedřich, leading to a job offer from a Party official. Things are looking up, until the wrong people hear portions of the historian's writing.
Cast
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Bolek Polívka - Bedrich Mára
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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 ...
- Alena Márová
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Jaroslav Dušek - Míla Brecka
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Jiří Pecha - Alois Fábera
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Vilma Cibulková - Magda Brecková
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Lukáš Baborský - Matěj Mára
References
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2003 films
Czech comedy-drama films
2000s Czech-language films
Films directed by Jan Hřebejk
Czech Lion Awards winners (films)
Golden Kingfisher winners
2000s Czech films
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