''You Kiss Like a God'' () is a 2009 Czech comedy film directed by

Marie Poledňáková Marie Poledňáková (, 7 September 1941 – 8 November 2022) was a Czech film director, screenwriter, writer, and media entrepreneur. She graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in 1970. Biography Poledňáková was born in Str ...

. Upon its release, it became the most watched film in Czech theatres.

Plot

Helena Altmanová (

Kamila Magálová Kamila Magálová (; born 16 November 1950) is a Slovak film and stage actress, singer, and entrepreneur. She is a triple nominee for the TV-based OTO Awards. In addition to the performing arts, Magálová runs a hotel named after her in Čierna ...

), a high school teacher, lives in an apartment with her ex-husband Karel (

Jiří Bartoška Jiří Bartoška (24 March 1947 – 8 May 2025) was 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), '' A ...

), a successful writer, even after being divorced. Their extended family lives with them as well, including their son Adam (

Roman Vojtek Roman Vojtek (born 14 April 1972) is a Czech actor, television presenter, and singer. Life and career Early life and education Vojtek, born in Vsetín in the former Czechoslovakia, had to take care of himself from the age of fourteen due to th ...

), his wife Bela (

Martha Issová Martha Issová (also known as Martha Issa; born 22 March 1981) is a Czech film, television and stage actress. Biography Issová was born in Prague, into a family with Syrians, Syrian roots. She is the daughter of actress Lenka Termerová and dir ...

), their sons Bastík (Filip Antonio) and Max, Helen's sister Kristýna (Nela Boudová), a widow with three children, and the matriarch of the family, Alžběta ( Jaroslava Adamová), still vital even in her 70s. Helena has little time left for her own life, what with everything going on around her. One day, she meets a man named František (

Oldřich Kaiser Oldřich Kaiser (born 16 May 1955) is a Czech television, film, and stage actor known mostly for his comedic roles. Education and career Kaiser graduated from the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in 1978. He began his acting career with the ...

), a doctor with whom she quickly falls in love. František, however, is "kinda married", and his wife Bohunka (

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 won the award for Best Actres ...

) does not share his ideas about an open relationship. A series of humorous events transpires as the story progresses.

Cast and characters

as Helena *

as Karel *

as Bohunka *

as František * Nela Boudová as Kristýna *

as Adam *

as Bela * Jaroslava Adamová as Alžběta *

Arnošt Lustig Arnošt Lustig (; 21 December 1926 – 26 February 2011) was a renowned Czech Jewish author of novels, short stories, plays, and screenplays whose works have often involved the Holocaust. Life and work Lustig was born in Prague. As a Jewish bo ...

as Arnošt * Filip Antonio as Bastík

References

External links

* 2009 comedy films 2009 films 2000s Czech-language films Films directed by Marie Poledňáková Czech comedy films 2000s Czech films Czech-language comedy films {{2000s-CzechRepublic-film-stub