The fictional town of Šlukdorf. Here lives a car mechanic who calls himself Bourák. He loves rock and roll, dance, his own gelled hair and, despite being in his fifties, simply “refuses to grow up”. He forgets he has a wife. The only things he loves are Elvis, Cadillacs and anything connected with 1950s America. His daughter Kamila is fed up with life in the squalid town and with her irresponsible father. She is fed up with working in a casino with no windows, open round the clock; that her mother has caught the eye of the local gangster, who is clearly a dimwit; with her father behaving as if he has gone completely barmy. Kamila realizes she has to do something about it. She has to confront her parents with reality, as cruel as that may seem. A black comedy about everything that can happen because of a summer storm, a set of golf clubs, rock and roll, and one incredibly angry daughter.
Acting
Ivan Trojan commits fully to embarrassing dad energy.
Production
Šlukdorf feels depressingly, hilariously real.
Writing
Golf clubs as plot device? Somehow works.
Director
Ondřej Trojan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Ondřej Trojan and star Ivan Trojan are brothers, which explains the brutal on-screen father-daughter chemistry.
The film satirizes Czech small-town stagnation and the bizarre post-communist obsession with Americana kitsch.
CZ
