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Jiří Bartoška Jiří Bartoška (born 24 March 1947) is a Czech theatre, television, and film actor and president of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. His most notable film roles include performances in ''Sekal Has to Die'' (1998), ''All My Loved ...

and

Eliška Balzerová Eliška Balzerová (born 25 May 1949) is a Czech actress. She has appeared in more than thirty films since 1971. Selected filmography Awards * Czech Lion for Best Supporting Actress (2010) References External links * {{DEFAULTS ...

Plot

The life of

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Jan Berger is usurped by his wife Olga. Olga doesn't give him any free time and he is tired of it. The last drop comes when Olga's father voluntarily ends his life. Jan realizes that the life of his father in law was controlled the same way as Jan's is. Jan knows that he will end up the same way. Jan pretends that he suffers from

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and is put in a

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which is headed by his friend who gives him freedom. Only Jan's son Jakub and son in law Erik know the truth. Erik is married to Jan's daughter Olinka who is pushed by her mother and grandmother to control Erik's life the same way as Olga controls Jan's life. Pepík on the other hand is happily married to Alena, who is quite opposite to the other women in the family and gives Pepík his free space. Their only problem is that Pepík can't have children. Erik and Jakub are secretly meeting Jan at weekends to enjoy some time together. This makes the women suspicious and Olinka enables an app in Erik's mobile phone which sends coordinates to her. This leads to the revelation of the truth and Jan returns home. Erik is angry at Olinka and leaves home. Olinka then realizes the wrongs of her mother and grandmother when she hears Jan telling that his wife ruined 40 years of his life and when she sees Pepík and Alena happy. Jan decides to divorce Olga and leaves home. Olinka decides to help him and provides him with a houseboat that belonged to Olga's father so that Jan has a roof over his head. This helps her to repair the relationship with Erik. Olga is then seen bitterly giving a lecture about divorced men being unable to be happy while divorced women are able to enjoy life. The closure shows the contrast of her lecture with reality as Jan is shown at last being happy and enjoying his time with Erik and Olinka as they toast in honor of Jan's father in law.

Cast

as Jan Berger *

as Olga Bergerová *

Tatiana Vilhelmová Tatiana Dyková, née Vilhelmová (born July 13, 1978 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech film and stage actress. She made her professional debut in ''Indian Summer'' (1995), directed by Saša Gedeon, for which she received her first nomination ...

as Olinka *

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as Erik *

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as Pepík Berger *

Pavla Beretová Pavla is the Czech form of the given name Paula. Pavla may refer to: *Pavla Brantalova (born 1977), female bodybuilder born in the Czech Republic *Pavla Chrástová (born 1979), retired female medley swimmer from the Czech Republic *Pavla Hamáč ...

as Alena Bergerová *

Iva Janžurová Iva Janžurová (born 19 May 1941) is a Czech actress. She attended school in České Budějovice and in 1963, she graduated from the Faculty of Theatre at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. In 1964, she became the main member of Vinohra ...

as Grandmother

Reception

The film has received positive response from critics and audience alike. A

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, called ''

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'' (''De beentjes van Sint-Hildegard'' in Dutch), starring

Herman Finkers Hermenegildus Felix Victor Maria "Herman" Finkers (; born December 9, 1954) is a Dutch comedian, who is well known in the Netherlands for his friendly, dry-witted humour and his ambiguous style of storytelling. In his way of telling a story the ...

as the main character and mainly spoken in

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References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 4568328 2016 films 2010s adventure comedy films Czech adventure comedy films 2010s Czech-language films