Kolya

Kolya

  • Director: Jan Sverák
  • Writer: Pavel Taussig,Zdenek Sverák
  • Countries of origin: Czech Republic, United Kingdom, France
  • Language: Czech, Russian, Slovak
  • Release date: January 24, 1997
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.66 : 1
  • Also known as: Коля
  • "Kolja" is a feature film directed by Jan Sverák and starring Zdenek Sverák and Andrei Chalimon  . It premiered in the Czech Republic on May 15, 1996 .
    The film tells a warm story between the impoverished Czech cellist Luca and the troubled Soviet boy Kolia in the drastic changes in Eastern Europe in 1988   .

    Details

    • Release date January 24, 1997
    • Filming locations Prague, Czech Republic
    • Production companies Biograf Jan Sverak, Pandora Cinema, Ceská Televize

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $5,770,254

    Gross worldwide

    $5,770,254

    Movie reviews

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    • By Buddy 2022-03-24 09:03:20

      The movie is so beautiful, so is the Czech Republic~

      Such a warm and romantic Czech film melts my heart. Can you be more cute, kid?
      The world of children is so simple and pure. His intimacy with you is only related to the depth of love, no politics, no personal ideas. Little Kolya thoroughly inspired and infected all the fatherly love and inner softness of a celibate old man in his 50s. Watching the father and son with language barriers say good night sweetly every night. Wow~ World, can you not be so beautiful! Very refined, good looking...

    • By Jorge 2022-03-21 09:03:01

      Is this the best foreign language film at the Oscars?

      I feel that this film is very ordinary. The biggest selling point of the film may be the delicate relationship between the Czech father and the Soviet son. It can be seen that this is also what this film wants to make fun of. The director's ambition is not small, but his level is limited. I can't express what I want to express.
      In short, I was not moved by
      the film to get the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film that year. It seems to be largely due to its correct political theme. It...

    • By Lola 2022-03-21 09:03:01

      saw myself

      The old man, the screenwriter, saw his shadow on the glass of the boarding room. After spending a period of time with Glia, he saw another self, a new self.
      The film also produced a new Czech. I saw a Soviet military vehicle whirring past, and heard Luca's mother reject the request of the Soviet soldier to wash his hands. I think any screenwriter has blind spots, prejudices or positions. Fortunately, the new Czech Republic was born, but is the new Czech Republic really free? ——I have a...

    • By Daphney 2022-01-17 08:02:12

      Love is the simplest, love is the best

      This is a 1996 Czech movie, which was jointly completed by the famous Svilak and his son. The son Jan Svilak is in charge of the directing, and his father Denek Svilak is in charge of the screenplay and performance.

      This film won the 1997 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. From the perspective of genre, it has many similarities with the Brazilian film "Central Station" that won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival in 1998. In the history of film, there are a large...

    • By Jacques 2022-01-17 08:02:12

      I actually cried twice

      Turn: The

      disadvantage is that it is too far from the main theme of the main theme. It is difficult to play warmth + Eastern European politics + children cards. The advantage is: Although I don't like all stereotypes, there are two kinds of hearts that I always admire: the Russian mind and the Czech mind. Because this definition directly hits the beauty and nobility in the deepest part of their human nature and culture, despite these differences, one is passionate and deep, and the...

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    • By Carli 2023-08-29 04:28:16

      I can't forget the little detail that touched me many years ago - Kolya happily patted with her little hand when she received her new shoes. At that time I was a middle school student who didn't like...

    • By Carmella 2023-08-13 08:06:16

      It's very rare to have no voiceovers. All kinds of real little things are very attractive. The two of them are telling the story seriously. I haven't seen such a good film for a long...

    • By Eric 2023-03-19 23:37:47

      The opening scene is that Dvorak's favor instantly doubled, and his eyelids trembled. Although I'm not very good at pulling. . The best positive energy movie I've seen this summer. It's warm and awkward and cute. I watched it online, and when I saw half of it, I started to insert the hard disk and download the BD...

    • By Frances 2023-01-27 04:25:57

      I just can't feel the warmth, and all I see are the intertext between the character relationship and the background of the...

    • By Mason 2023-01-04 23:34:39

      The theme of Uncle Rough meeting a cute baby is really irresistible to me. Especially the warm tones of the film and the detailed descriptions are...

    Movie plot

    In 1988, the 55-year-old Luca had been sacked by the Czech Symphony Orchestra and had undertaken the work of playing the cello at the funeral and repairing the tombstone. He owed many debts to others. The local gravedigger Broz persuaded him to marry a fake couple with Najezda, a young Russian woman, so that she could get the much-needed Czech ID card, and Luca could get a considerable amount of money. Soon, Najezda disappeared. She...
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    "Kolja" is a masterpiece of art with ingenious narrative art and profound political implications. Its outstanding features are concentrated in its ability to present a seemingly old-fashioned story through various ingenious settings. The film uses the true feelings of breaking through ideology and national hatred between people to dispel empty political positions and symbolic political struggles, and in turn uses political struggles...
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