Slunce, seno, jahody
Sun, hay, stawberry | |
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DVD cover art | |
Directed by | Zdeněk Troška |
Written by | Zdeněk Troška |
Starring |
Miroslav Zounar Vlastimila Vlková Helena Růžičková Jaroslava Kretschmerová |
Release dates |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
Country | Czechoslovakia |
Language | Czech |
Slunce, seno, jahody is a Czech comedy film made in 1984, usually regarded as one of the classics of the Czech comedy industry. Witten and directed by Zdeněk Troška, it was filmed and set in Hoštice, a small rural village in the Czech portion of the former Czechoslovakia. It is a play on the perceived stereotypes of daily life in a village community.
Plot
A Czech agricultural student, Šimon Plánička, arrives at the small South Bohemian town of Hoštice, and joins the local JZD (agricultural co-op) with the intention of trying out his experiment regarding the "Milk yield of cows in regards to a cultured environment". He runs into difficulty with the directorship of the JZD, but he finds them eager to help once they hear he's the son of the local agricultural commissioner, as his last name is also Plánička. Blažena Škopková is given the task of finding out how things are looking. However everything is complicated by the jealousy of Blažena's boyfriend Venca.
External links
- Slunce, seno, jahody at the Internet Movie Database
- (Czech) Czechoslovak Film Database page
- (Czech) Shorts from the film