Home Care (film)

Home Care
Film poster
Directed by	Slávek Horák
Written by	Slávek Horák
Produced by	Slávek Horák Tomas Rotnagi[1]
Starring	Alena Mihulová
Cinematography	Jan Šťastný[2]
Edited by	Vladimír Barák[3]
Production company	TVORBA films[3]
Distributed by	A-Company Czech s.r.o.[2]
Release date	5 July 2015 (2015-07-05)
Running time	92 minutes
Countries	Czech Republic Slovakia[1]
Language	Czech

Home Care (Czech: Domácí péče) is a 2015 Czech-Slovak drama film directed by Slávek Horák.[3] The film was selected as the Czech entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.[4][5][6]

Plot

Vlasta is a home nurse who selflessly lives in the countryside in South Moravia for her patients; her husband; and her daughter, Lada. One day, their lives drastically changed when Vlasta becomes sick, and help from outside is needed. Through the daughter of one of her patients, she tries alternative medicine, much to the dismay of her husband, who has little confidence in it.

Cast

• Alena Mihulová as Vlasta
• Bolek Polívka as Láďa
• Tatiana Vilhelmová as Hanácková
• Zuzana Krónerová as Miriam
• Sara Venclovská as Marcela
• Eva Matalová as Zelíková
• Marián Mitaš as Young doctor

Awards and accolades

The film received the Cercle D'or award for Best Movie in the International competition at the Festival Cinéma du monde de Sherbrooke.[7] The jury also gave Mihulová a special prize for Outstanding Performance.[7]

Mihulová received the Czech Lion award for Best Actress in a Starring Role.[8] The film had eight other nominations for the Czech Lions (the country's top film and television awards).[9][10]

At the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Mihulová was conferred the award for best actress.[11]

She also won the Fipresci Prize for Best Actress of the Year in a Foreign Language Film at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.[12]

See also

• List of submissions to the 88th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Czech submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

1. "Home Care [programme note]". Palm Springs International Film Festival. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
2. "Home Care [programme note]". Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
3. Alissa Simon (9 July 2015). "Film Review: 'Home Care'". Variety. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
4. "Do boje o Oscary vyrazí Domácí péče". Novinky. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
5. "'Home Care' is Czech submission to the Oscars". Prague Post. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
6. "Czech Republic Selects Home Care as Its Oscar Bid". Film New Europe. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
7. "Et les lauréats de la quatrième édition sont…". fcms.ca. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
8. Raymond Johnston (6 March 2016). "'The Snake Brothers' wins at Czech Lions". Prague Post. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016.
9. "The nominations for the Czech Lion have been dominated by the films Ztraceni v Mnichově (Lost in Munich), Kobry a užovky (The Snake Brothers) and Domácí péče (Home Care)". 20 January 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
10. Martin Kudláč (7 March 2016). "The Snake Brothers dominates the Czech Lion Awards". Cineuropa. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
11. Tom Christie (12 July 2015). "'Bob and the Trees' Tops Karlovy Vary Prizes". IndieWire. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
12. Malina Saval (9 January 2016). "Palm Springs Film Festival Announces Winners". Variety. Retrieved 24 September 2016.

External links

• Official website
• Home Care at IMDb
• Cineuropa