''Winter Flies'' ( cs, Všechno bude) is a 2018 Czech-Slovak-Polish-Slovenian co-production road movie

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by Slovenian director Olmo Omerzu. It premiered at

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on 1 July 2018. Olmo Omerzu has won a Best Director Award at

. It was selected as the Czech entry for the

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at the

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, but it was not nominated.

Plot

The film follows two boys - Mára and Heduš. Heduš runs away from home. He joins Mára who tells him that he is running away from home. They drive through countryside in a Mára's car. They meet hitchhiker Bára who joins them. Both boys dream about having sex with her but she locks herself in the car during night and boys have to sleep outside. Mára reveals to Heduš that he goes to his grandfather who is a retired military officer. Boys eventually get to Mára's grandfather who suffers a heart attack and boys get him to hospital. Mára is later arrested by 2 police officers who interrogate him. The film ends when Heduš creates an incident outside the police station which allows Mára to escape.

Cast

* Tomáš Mrvík as Mára * Jan František Uher as Heduš *

Eliška Křenková Eliška Křenková (born 31 January 1990 in Prague) is a Czech film and television actress. Křenková's film credits include ''Winter Flies'', '' A Certain Kind of Silence'' and '' Princess Lost in Time''. Her television credits include ''Wast ...

as Bára *

Lenka Vlasáková Lenka Vlasáková (born 27 April 1972, in Prague) is a Czech actress. She played the title role in ''Lea'', released in 1997; Lucie in ''Kawasaki's Rose'', released in 2010; and ''U mě dobrý'' (''Fine with me''), released in 2008. Selected fi ...

as Policewoman * Martin Pechlát as Policeman

Production

Petr Pýcha has written radio play inspired by a story he read on an internet. His play was refused for vulgarity and he decide to rewrite it to a film screenplay. Pýcha saw Omerzu's previous film A Night Too Young and decided to ask Omerzu to direct the film. Omerzu liked it and started preparations of the film. Casting for main roles took very long Omerzu wanted non-actors who can find themselves in their characters. The film was mostly shot in North Bohemia.

Release

The film premiered at 2018

. The film had a journalist projection on 24 August 2018. It was followed by press conference during which filmmakers were questioned about the film. The film was distributed to Czech cinemas on 4 September 2018 and later presented at multiple International film festivals.

Reception

Accolades

References

External links

* {{Czech submission for Academy Awards 2018 films 2010s drama road movies Czech Film Critics' Awards winners Czech Lion Awards winners (films) Czech drama road movies 2010s Czech-language films