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Bookmark this pageMy Sweet Little Village (1985)
Director: Jirí Menzel
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From Time Out Film Guide
In the village in question, a cooperatively-run community, live Pavek - who is short and fat - and his workmate Otik, who is long and thin. Because Otik's teeth outnumber his IQ, he is more hindrance than help, so when he directs the long-suffering Pavek's truck into a gatepost, their fraught friendship is threatened. As if this weren't catastrophic enough, a party bureaucrat sets his heart on Otik's cottage, and arranges for him to be rehoused in a high-rise honeycomb in Prague. Menzel directs a good-natured comedy in which pleasure is derived from such innocent pursuits as consuming beer and bangers in the sun, riding through the unremarkable countryside, and watching the desperate home-produced TV. The optimism, if indulgent, is infectious, and the Laurel and Hardski relationship is ultimately moving.Author: MS
Cast & crew
Director: Jirí Menzel
Producer: Jan Suster
Cast: János Bán, Marián Labuda, Rudolf Hrusinsky, Petr Cepek, Milena Dvorská, Jan Hartl full cast
Rated: PG
Duration: 100 mins
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