Two families, Sebkovi and Krausovi, are celebrating Christmas, but not everyone is in a good mood. The teenage kids think that their fathers are totally stupid, and the fathers are sure that their children are nothing more than rebels, hating anything they say.
Acting
Polívka and Dušek steal every scene they're in.
Writing
Dialogue so sharp you'll need stitches.
Production
Perfectly grotesque 1960s Czech aesthetic.
Director
Jan Hřebejk
Miroslav Donutil
Otec Šebek
Jiří Kodet
Otec Kraus
Simona Stašová
Matka Šebková
Emília Vášáryová
Matka Krausová
Bolek Polívka
Strýc
Jaroslav Dušek
Saša Mašlán
Eva Holubová
Učitelka
Stella Zázvorková
Babička
Michael Beran
Michal
Silvie Koblížková
Uzlinka
Kristýna Badinková Nováková
Jindřiška
Marek Morvai
Petr
Jiří Krejčík
Doktor Stárek
Ondřej Brousek
Elien
Boris Hybner
Kouzelník
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film captures the specific melancholy of Czech 'Normalization' era, when private life became the only space for truth.
Bolek Polívka improvised most of his drunk scenes; director Hřebejk kept rolling because the crew was laughing too hard to call cut.
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