The Wonderful Years That Sucked

Overview

Capturing the dark humor of Czech author Michal Viewegh's chronicle of life after the Velvet Revolution, this black comedy chronicles three decades in the life of a small Czech family. While the original novel centered on the protagonist Kvido from his conception through his adulthood, first time director Petr Nikolaev and screenwriter Jan Novak changed the focus to his parents Milena, an extremely self-effacing lawyer who acts on stage in her spare time, and Ales, a rather aimless government worker who tends to drift wherever the wind takes him. The lives of Ales and Milena change dramatically following the Russian invasion of Prague in 1968.

Cast

Ondřej Vetchý

Kvidův otec

Libuše Šafránková

Kvidova matka

Vladimír Javorský

Šperk

N/A

Jan Zahálka

Kvido (chlapec)

Jakub Wehrenberg

Kvido

N/A

Klára Botková

Jaruška (holčička)

Jitka Ježková

Jaruška

Vladimír Dlouhý

Ing. Jiří Zvára

Vilma Cibulková

Nina

Miriam Kantorková

babička Věra

Květa Fialová

babička Líba

Stanislav Zindulka

dědeček Josef