Czech Republic,
2024, 103 min
Directed by:
Jiří HavelkaScreenplay:
Jiří HavelkaCinematography:
Ferdinand MazurekComposer:
Tadeáš VěrčákCast:
Oldřich Kaiser, Dáša Vokatá, Štěpán Kozub, Michal Isteník, Alena Mihulová, Petr Lněnička, Luboš Veselý, Sára Arnsteinová, Jiří Šimek, Tomáš Jeřábek (more)Plots(1)
A true story of injustice perpetrated on a peaceful gardener by a wealthy neighbor meets Karel Čapek’s eponymous literary work about a gardener’s hardships and successes over the course of a year. Director Jiří Havelka, one of the most complex artistic personalities of our time, has long proved that “alternative” and “audience-friendly” need not be mutually exclusive. His quietly moving tragicomic story about a remarkably stubborn struggle for the right to a dignified life is built on two great performances by the always outstanding Oldřich Kaiser and Dáša Vokatá. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
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