SYNOPSIS
A confirmed bachelor is in for the surprise of his life when a get-rich-quick scheme backfires, setting off a wild set of circumstances and leaving him with a pint-sized new roommate. Now, with a mischievous five-year-old named Kolya suddenly in his care, life in this once carefree playboy’s tiny apartment changes faster than he could ever imagine.
CREDITS
Director: Jan Svěrák
Screenwriter: Zdeněk Svěrák
Producers: Eric Abraham, Jan Svěrák
Principal Cast: Zdeněk Svěrák, Andrej Chalimon, Libuše Šafránková, Ondřej Vetchý
AWARDS
Academy Awards 1997 – Winner, Best Foreign Language Film
Golden Globe Awards 1997 – Winner, Best Foreign Language Film
Czech Lion Awards 1996 – Winner of 6 Awards, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress (Libuše Šafránková) and Best Screenplay
Tokyo International Film Festival 1996 – Winner, Tokyo Grand Prix
Venice Film Festival 1996 – Honourable Mention
PRESS
“What makes ‘Kolya’ special is the way it paints the details. Like the films of the Czech New Wave in the late 1960s, it has a cheerful, irreverent humor, and an eye for the absurdities of human behavior.”
Roger Ebert
“Enchanting…Kolya deserves all its international success.”
The Times
