Kolya

Kolya Czech Kolja is a 1996 Czech drama film about a man whose life is reshaped in an unexpected way. The film was directed by Jan Svrk and stars his father, Zdenk Svrk, who also wrote the script from a story by Pavel Taussig. Kolya earned critical acclaim and won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Due to a concurrence of circumstances, she has to leave behind her 5yearold son, Kolya, for the disgruntled Czech musician to look after. At first Louka and Kolya have communication difficulties, as they dont speak each others languages and the many false friend words that exist in Czech and Russian add to the confusion. Gradually, though, a bond forms between Louka and Kolya. The child suffers from suspected meningitis and has to be placed on a course of carefully monitored antibiotics. Louka is threatened with imprisonment for his suspect marriage and the child may be placed in a Russian childrens home. The Velvet Revolution intervenes though, and Kolya is reunited with his mother. Louka and Kolya say their goodbyes.Bachelor Louka ends up fathering a child with his girlfriend perhaps a replacement for lost Kolya and regains his position as a virtuoso with the philharmonic orchestra. ........

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