Archive of films Big Opening / Velká premiéra
Czech Republic
2022, 90 min
Section:
Special Screenings
Year: 2022
An actor called Šnajdr is given an opportunity to make his debut as a director. He doesn’t think twice about leaving Prague and dashing off to Olomouc, where he is met by the grumpy director of the town’s cultural centre and his eccentric grandma, who is to be the star of his production and who's perfectly attuned to his sense of humour and mystification… A bittersweet comedy directed by Miroslav Krobot and starring Pavel Šimčík and Iva Janžurová.
Synopsis
Actor Pavel Šnajdr eagerly accepts an opportunity to direct his first film. He’s not bothered that he has to leave Prague and head for Olomouc in order to do this. Quite the reverse. Things aren’t going very well in his marriage and in Olomouc he gets to live with his eccentric grandma, who shares his distinctive sense of humour and mystification and is thus the ideal partner for him in a piece of improvised performance. However, the preparations for the premiere don’t go exactly according to plan. Grandma doesn’t like being bossed around on stage and the director of the cultural centre has a completely different artistic vision from that of Šnajdr. Pavel Šimčík, Iva Janžurová and Iva Pazderková are outstanding as the leads in Miroslav Krobot's bittersweet comedy.
Anna Kořínek
About the director
Miroslav Krobot (1951, Šumperk, Czechoslovakia). Filmography: Nowhere in Moravia (2014), The Quartette (2017), Big Opening (2022).
Contacts
Evolution Films
Senovážné náměstí 10, 110 00, Praha 1
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 222 240 770
Fax: +420 222 240 770
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.evolutionfilms.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
About the film
Color, DCP
World premiere
Section: | Special Screenings |
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Director: | Miroslav Krobot |
Screenplay: | Miroslav Krobot, Lubomír Smékal |
Dir. of Photography: | Martin Štrba |
Music: | Martin Hůla |
Sound: | Dušan Kozák |
Editor: | Jarosław Kamiński |
Art Director: | Jan Vlček |
Producer: | Silvie Michajlova, Ondřej Zima |
Production: | Evolution Films |
Coproduction: | Česká televize |
Cast: | Pavel Šimčík, Iva Janžurová, Iva Pazderková, Miroslav Krobot, Klára Melíšková, Ivana Plíhalová, Jenovéfa Boková, Roman Vencl, Jakub Žáček, Hana Doulová |
Contact: | Evolution Films |
Distributor: | Falcon a.s. |
Guests

Miroslav Krobot
Actor, Film Director

Pavel Šimčík
Actor

Iva Janžurová
Actress

Klára Melíšková
Actress

Jenovéfa Boková
Actress

Iva Pazderková
Actress

Jakub Žáček
Actor

Ivana Plíhalová
Actress

Ondřej Zima
Producer

Silvie Michajlova
Producer

Jaroslav Sedláček
Co-producer

Lubomír Smékal
Screenwriter

Dušan Kozák
Sound Designer

Jan Vlček
Set Designer

Pavlína Muzikářová
Production

Barbora Dlabajová
Production Manager