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Oscar® Winner Best Foreign Film (1996). A middle-aged Czech cellist is a skirt-chasing bachelor, who enjoys lifestyle free of responsibilities. Strapped for cash he agrees to a marriage of convenience. But after his new bride skips town, he is left to father her five-year-old Russian son, Kolya. Neither could be more unhappy with their predicament, especially since they don´t even speak the same language. But time and patience form an unbreakable bond between this unlikely father-son duo.

1996 · 1h 45m
Director Jan Sverák

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Oscar® Winner Best Foreign Film (1996). A middle-aged Czech cellist is a skirt-chasing bachelor, who enjoys lifestyle free of responsibilities. Strapped for cash he agrees to a marriage of convenience. But after his new bride skips town, he is left to father her five-year-old Russian son, Kolya. Neither could be more unhappy with their predicament, especially since they don´t even speak the same language. But time and patience form an unbreakable bond between this unlikely father-son duo.

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Studio
Biograf Jan Svěrák
Released
1996
Run Time
1 hr 45 min
Rated
N-13 N-13(coarse language)
Regions of Origin
Czechia, France
© Biograf Jan Svěrák, Portobello Pictures, Česká televize

Languages

Original Audio
Czech, Czech (Czechia), Russian
Audio

Czech (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩)

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English