Flower Buds

Flower Buds
Film poster
Directed byZdeněk Jiráský
Written byZdeněk Jiráský
Produced byViktor Schwarcz
StarringVladimír Javorský
CinematographyVladimír Smutný
Release date
  • 1 December 2011 (2011-12-01)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryCzech Republic
LanguageCzech

Flower Buds (Czech: Poupata) is a 2011 Czech drama film written and directed by Zdeněk Jiráský.[1][2][3]

Plot

The film is about the Hrdina family, who live in an industrial Czech border town. Jarda Hrdina is a middle-aged railway signalman who is deep in debt from his addiction to slot machines. His wife Kamila, a cleaning lady, is focused on rehearsing a performance of the song "Poupata" ("Flower Buds"), twenty five years after she and her peers performed the routine in the Spartakiad gymnastics festival. Their son Honza, who grows cannabis in his basement, falls in love with a prostitute named Zuzana, and after unsuccessfully asking her out decides to purchase ownership of her. Their daughter Agáta, whose boyfriend Matěj becomes wheelchair bound after nearly freezing to death while drunk, is dealing with an unplanned pregnancy, and can only bring herself to tell her close friend Magda.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 100. ISBN 978-1908215017.
  2. ^ "FNE at Czech Lions 2012: Vaclav Havel's Leaving dominated nominations". filmneweurope.com. Archived from the original on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Flower Buds / Poupata". European Film Awards. Retrieved 29 April 2024.


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