Archive of films Small Town / Městečko

Czech Republic
2003, 99 min

Section: Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now!
Year: 2003

Subversive social comedy about a Czech village´s failure to adapt to
capitalism after the 1989 Velvet Revolution.

Synopsis

A sour little Czech village fails miserably but nobly at capitalism in the subversive social comedy Small Town. Helming debut from popular thesp Jan Kraus (Seducer) is a cockeyed valentine to the kind of resolute pluckiness in the face of adversity that is a hallmark of Czech culture and cinema. After 1989´s Velvet Revolution, the winds of change blow fast and free in the small town of Mestecko (which means "small town"). Everyone, it seems, has a get-rich-quick scheme that just can´t fail. Yet one by one, their dreams are shattered: it seems the free market economy isn´t as malleable as party functionaries. Kraus modelled many of the characters on people he knows, and the largely no-name cast is assembled from regional theater thesps.
Eddie Cockrell

Contacts

Česká televize
Kavčí hory, 140 70, Praha 4
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 261 131 111
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.ceskatelevize.cz, ct24.cz

Czech Television - Telexport
Kavčí hory, 140 70, Praha 4
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 261 137 047
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.ceskatelevize.cz

Bontonfilm, a.s.
Na Poříčí 1047/26, 110 00, Praha 1
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 257 415 111
Fax: +420 257 415 113
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.bontonfilm.cz

S Pro Alfa CZ
Truhlářská 15, 110 00, Praha 1
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 221 776 221
Fax: +420 221 776 222
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.sproalfa.cz

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About the film

Color, 35 mm
International premiere

Section:	Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now!

Director:	Jan Kraus
Screenplay:	Jan Kraus
Dir. of Photography:	Diviš Marek
Music:	David Kraus
Editor:	Jiří Brožek
Producer:	Jaroslav Kučera, Jan Štern
Production:	Česká televize / Czech Television, koprodukce / co-production: S Pro Alfa Film
Cast:	Otmar Bracuzský, Rostislav Novák, Martin Učík, Norbert Lichý, Petr Křiváček, Vlastimil Brabec
Contact:	Česká televize, Czech Television - Telexport, Bontonfilm, a.s., S Pro Alfa CZ

Guests

Jana Černik

Jitka Procházková

Festival Organizer, TV Representative

Jan Kraus

Actor / Film Director, Actor / Film Director

Aleš Danielis

Distributor

František Janda

Jaroslav Kučera

Buyer