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The City of the Sun

The City of the Sun

CZ, SK, 2005, 95min., 35 mm

Set in the present, the four ordinary men in this story find themselves at crossroads in their lives. Karel, Tomas, Milan, and Vinc were once seduced by the possibility of making money inOstrava's cosmopolitan melting pot. But times are changing… More

Synopsis

Set in the present, the four ordinary men in this story find themselves at crossroads in their lives. Karel, Tomas, Milan, and Vinc were once seduced by the possibility of making money in
Ostrava's cosmopolitan melting pot. But times are changing - the company has offered their jobs to foreign workers. The friends try to solve their job loss by going into business themselves. But instead of the success they expected, they only sink deeper into debt and go through a number of unpleasant events that testify to their inexperience and naivety. Even their private lives become complicated. Personal crises and an inability to adapt to new conditions are the hallmarks of life in the real world, an environment scarred by existential uncertainty in a once rich industrial city...

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DirectorMartin Šulík
ScreenwriterMartin Šulík, Marek Leščák
StoryMartin Šulík, Marek Leščák
Director of photographyMartin Štrba
EditorJiří Brožek
SoundPeter Mojžíš
FeaturingOldřich Navrátil, Ivan Martinka, Ľuboš Kosťelný, Igor Bareš, Anna Cónová, Petra Špalková, Anna Šišková, Lucie Žáčková, Jan Vondráček, Csongor Kassai, Martin Jůza
ProducerČestmír Kopecký
Genre Feature
Production CompaniesPrvní veřejnoprávní
Distribution in Czech RepublicCinemArt a.s.
Co-productionCinemArt a.s., Titanic,
Supported by fundCzech State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography
Premiere 19.04.2005
Award: Czech Lion 2005 – best editing (Jiří Brožek), best soundtrack (Vladimír Godár), Finále Plzeň 2005 – best film
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