Cosy Dens
- Pavel Borovan
- Ondřej Trojan
- Miroslav Donutil
- Jiří Kodet
- Simona Stašová
- Emília Vášáryová
- Bolek Polívka
- Ivan Hlas
- Ivan Kral
- 8 April 1999 (1999-04-08)
Cosy Dens (Czech: Pelíšky) is a 1999 Czech film directed by Jan Hřebejk. It is loosely based on the novel Hovno Hoří (Czech: "shit on fire") by Petr Šabach. It was voted the best Czech film by Reflex magazine in 2011.[citation needed]
Synopsis
Cosy Dens is a bittersweet coming-of-age story set in the months from Christmas 1967 up to the 1968 Prague Spring. Teenager Michal Šebek has a crush on his upstairs neighbour, Jindřiška Krausová. Michal's family is led by a stubborn army officer who is a firm supporter of the Communist system and who believes that Communist technology will eventually triumph over "Western imperialist capitalism', while Jindřiška's father is an ardent foe of the Communists and a war hero, who has been imprisoned several times because of his outspoken opposition to the regime. He believes that "the Bolsheviks have a year left at most, maybe two". In contrast, the younger generation could not care less for politics. Instead, Michal sports a Beatles-style mop-top, while Elien, whose parents live in the United States, runs a local film group specialising in Hollywood and pre-war French films. Jindřiška eventually becomes Elien's girlfriend. After a wedding that unites the families, the film ends with the news of the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact troops.
Trivia
The Czech title is a plural and diminutive of the word "pelech", literally meaning animal den or burrow. It is used figuratively for a cosy place to sleep.[2]
Cast
- Michael Beran as Michal Šebek
- Ondřej Brousek as Elien
- Miroslav Donutil as Mr. Šebek
- Jaroslav Dušek as Saša Mašláň
- Eva Holubová as Eva (teacher)
- Boris Hybner as Magician
- Sylvie Koblížková as Uzlinka Šebková
- Jiří Kodet as Mr. Kraus
- Jiří Krejčík as Doctor Stárek
- Marek Morvai as Petr
- Kristýna Nováková as Jindřiška Krausová
- Bolek Polívka as Uncle
- Simona Stašová as Mrs. Šebková
- Emília Vášáryová as Mrs. Krausová
- Stella Zázvorková as Grandmother
Soundtrack
The soundtrack to Cosy Dens was released in April 1999 and contains snippets of dialogue in addition to songs.[3]
- Blue Effect – "Slunečný hrob"
- Miroslav Kaman, Jaroslav Dušek – "Dvě dávky"
- Václav Neckář – "Tu kytaru jsem koupil kvůli tobě"
- Bolek Polívka – "Nebe na zemi"
- Kristýna Nováková, Michael Beran, Ondřej Brousek – "Kozačky..."
- Petr Novák & Flamengo – "Povídej"
- Kristýna Nováková, Michael Beran – "Něco jako příbuzný"
- Waldemar Matuška – "Pojď se mnou, lásko má"
- Emília Vášáryová, Jiří Kodet – "Dávám bolševikovi rok"
- Hana Hegerová – "Čerešně"
- Miroslav Donutil, Bolek Polívka, Silvie Koblížková – "Nerozbitná sklenička"
- Kučerovci – "Ajo mama"
- Miroslav Donutil, Michael Beran – "Gagarinův bratr"
- Kučerovci – "La mulher rendeira"
- Stella Zázvorková, Simona Stašová, Miroslav Donutil, Bolek Polívka – "Maršál Malinovskij"
- Judita Čeřovská – "Je po dešti"
- Eva Holubová, Jaroslav Dušek, Marek Morvai-Javorský – "Vyděržaj, pijaněr"
- Václav Neckář – "Lékořice"
- Emília Vášáryová, Kristýna Nováková, Jiří Kodet – "Noky"
- Karel Gott – "Santa lucia"
- Miroslav Donutil, Bolek Polívka, Jiří Kodet – "Kde udělali soudruzi z NDR chybu?"
- Waldemar Matuška – "Mrholí"
- Eva Holubová, Jaroslav Dušek, Marek Morvai-Javorský – "Hoří hovno...?"
- Karel Gott & Olympic – "Trezor"
- Jiří Kodet – "Proletáři všech zemí..."
- The Matadors – "Get Down from the Tree"
- The Soulmen – "Baby Do Not Cry"
- The Soulmen – "I Wish I Were"
- Blue Effect – "Snakes"
- Miroslav Donutil, Bolek Polívka – "Průměrná ženská"
- Blue Effect – "Sluneční hrob"
References
External links
- Cosy Dens at IMDb
- Cosy Dens at the Kinobox.cz Czech
- Cosy Dens at Eurochannel
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