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Kolya

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Kolya
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PG13,1hr 45min
Genres:
Drama,Comedy
Released:
April 21, 1997
Director:
Jan Sverák
Distributor:
Miramax
Starring:
Zdenek Sverak, Andrei Khalimon, Libuse Safrankova  ...more
Synopsis: 55-year-old Louka (Zdenek Sverak) is a gifted musician in Czechoslovakia who once made a good living playing in the State Symphony Orchestra. However, he has little use for the government, and after putting a playfully insulting statement on a government form, he's been banished from official music making. He ekes out a living by giving private lessons, painting gravestones with gold leaf, and performing at funerals. Louka also likes to chase younger women, a surprisingly number of whom are more ... Full Synopsis
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Andrea LeVasseur, AMG Review
Set during the late '80s when the Czech Republic saw the end to the Russian occupation, the Academy award-winning Kolya reflects this transitional period of political change through a tenderly personal story. Screenwriter and leading man Zdenek Sverak is handsome in a rough Sean Connery way, a fitting look for his middle-aged bachelor character, Louka. To add to the separation between the two, the ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Zdenek Sverak
Frantisek Louka
Andrei Khalimon
Kolya
Libuse Safrankova
Klara
Ondrej Vetchý
Mr. Broz
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