My Sweet Little Village

My Sweet Little Village Czech Vesniko m stediskov is a 1985 Czechoslovak film directed by Ji Menzel. In 1987 it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. At the 1986 Montreal World Film Festival, it won the Special Jury Award and Prize of the Ecumenical Jury. At the Paris Film Festival in 1987 Hungarian actor Jnos Bn received the best actor award. In a public survey conducted in January 2007 by the online news server Novinky.cz this movie was chosen by 22,4 of voters approximately 66,000 people as the most popular Czech comedy in history.

The film also follows several subplots, such as, the secret romance of Tureks wife with a young vet, the tribulations of an accidentprone but respected doctor who has almost as much trouble with his pessimistic patients as he does with his car, and the desperate deeds of Pveks teenage son, who has ardent feelings for an attractive local teacher.In the Czech Republic and Slovakia the movie retains a cult following. The movie gained favorable reviews from movie critics, with Roger Ebert awarding the movieand a half stars out of 4. In My Sweet Little Village, Menzel discovers some of the same gentle, ironic humor that Forman found in The Firemans Ball. He uses everyday life as an instrument for a subtle attack on bureaucracy and a cheerful assertion of human nature. This movie is joyful from beginning to end a small treasure, but a real one. ........

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