Movies - Kolya

	Movies - Kolya

Kolya is an award-winning 1996 Czech Republic motion picture drama that demonstrates how lives can be reshaped in unexpected ways.

Plot

František Louka, a middle-aged Czechoslovakian man dedicated to bachelorhood and the pursuit of women, is a concert cellist who has been blacklisted by the communist government authority. He is struggling to eke out a living, playing funerals at the Prague crematorium but almost oblivious to the atmosphere of political anxiety that surrounds him as the Soviet empire begins to disintegrate. A friend offers him a chance to earn a great deal of money through a sham marriage to a Russian woman to save her from being deported. However, frightened that the authorities will discover their fraud, the woman flees to West Germany, leaving behind her Russian-speaking five-year-old son for the disgruntled Czech musician to look after.

Production

Cinematography: Vladimír Smutný
Music: Ondřej Soukup, Bedřich Smetana

Primary cast

Awards

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film

Category:1996 films Category:Drama films Category:Czech films Category:Best Foreign Language Film Oscar winner

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