Archive of films Non plus ultras / Non plus ultras

Czech Republic
2004, 79 min

Section: Czech Films 2004-2005
Year: 2005

Do Czechs really know how to root? Can a diehard soccer fan fall in love? This comedy about a group of zealous Sparta Prague fans focuses on sports, obviously, but also on life - sometimes insidious, always redolent with beer.

Synopsis

Jirka, nicknamed Bull, is the leader of a group of diehard Sparta Prague fans who aren’t interested in anything but soccer and alcohol. The gang includes the bad tempered rowdy Eye, a lummox named Diver, the stuttering dolt Dog and the decent, slightly older Stick. They make their home away from home at Lojza’s pub, swilling mind-numbing quantities of beer and waiting for the arrival of two English rowdies who share the young men’s lifestyle despite getting on in years. But Bull has other problems to solve: he’s fallen for a friend of his sister’s, which generates a bit of a tricky situation: girlfriends don’t fit in with his current way of life. Admittedly, the hooliganism which goes along with being a soccer fan is central to the film, but it is not its only theme: the script employs comic distance to comment on the extreme lives of outwardly ordinary youths.

About the director

Jakub Sluka (b. 1974, Prague) graduated from Prague’s Film Academy (FAMU) in 1998. He gained professional experience making successful music videos and commercials, and he has also made inroads as a documentary filmmaker. Filmography: the short 16 mm documentaries What Can You Do (1995), The Sun Sets So Sorrowfully (1996), Terra australis (1998) with which he became a finalist at the Telly Awards (USA), A Parisian Belly of Memories ( 2002). In 2004 he shot hisfeature debut, the comedy Non plus ultras, acting as producer as well.

Contacts

Lajka - Film s.r.o.
Haštalská 27, 110 00, Praha 1
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 224 826 874
Fax: +420 224 826 711
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.lajka-film.cz

AQS a.s.
Na Klikovce 7/367, 140 00, Praha 4
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 221 436 100
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.aqs.cz

Falcon a.s.
Radlická 1c/3185, 150 00, Praha 5
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 224 422 222
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.falcon.cz

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About the film

Color, 35 mm

Section:	Czech Films 2004-2005

Director:	Jakub Sluka
Screenplay:	Jiří Popel
Dir. of Photography:	Jukub Dvorský
Music:	various artists, Radim Hladík
Editor:	Olina Kaufmanová
Producer:	Lukáš Malý, Jakub Sluka
Production:	Lajka-Film s.r.o.
Cast:	David Novotný, Vladimír Dlouhý, Matěj Hádek, Michal Novotný, Karel Zima
Contact:	Lajka - Film s.r.o., AQS a.s., Falcon a.s.

www:	www.nonplusultras.cz

Guests

Jakub Sluka

Lukáš Malý

Producer

Jana Malá

Actor

Olina Kaufmanová

Film Editor, Producer