- Kolya
Infobox Film
name = Kolya
name = Kolya
image_size = 135px
caption = original movie poster
director =Jan Svěrák
producer =Eric Abraham Jan Svěrák
writer =Zdeněk Svěrák
starring =Zdeněk Svěrák Andrei Chalimon Libuše Šafránková
music =Ondřej Soukup Bedřich Smetana
cinematography =Vladimír Smutný
editing =Alois Fišárek
distributor = Space Films
released = flagicon|France May, 1996 (premiere at Cannes)
flagicon|Czech Republic15 May , 1996
flagicon|USA24 January ,1997
flagicon|Australia3 April ,1997
flagicon|UK9 May ,1997
runtime = 105 min.
language = Czech, Slovak and Russian
amg_id = 1:136163
imdb_id = 0116790"Kolya" is a 1996 Czech film
drama about a man whose life is reshaped in an unexpected way.Synopsis
The action takes place during the last years of
Communist rule inCzechoslovakia , at a time when theSoviet bloc begins to disintegrate. František Louka, a middle-aged Czech man dedicated to bachelorhood and the pursuit of women, is a concert cellist struggling to eke out a living by playing funerals at thePrague crematorium . He has lost his previous job at thephilharmonic orchestra due to having been half-accidentally blacklisted as "politically unreliable" by the authorities. A friend offers him a chance to earn a great deal of money through a sham marriage to aRussia n woman to enable her to stay in Czechoslovakia. However, the woman uses her Czechoslovak citizenship to emigrate and join her boyfriend inWest Germany . Due to a concurrence of circumstances that remain partly unclear, she has to leave behind her Russian-speaking five-year-old son, Kolya, for the disgruntled Czech musician to look after. Gradually, a bond forms between Louka and Kolya.Principal cast
Awards
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Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
*Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film External links
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title=Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
years=1996
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title=Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film
years=1997
before="Les Misérables"
after="Ma vie en rose "
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