The City of the Sun (film)

The City of the Sun
Czech	Sluneční stát
Directed by	Martin Šulík
Written by	Martin Šulík, Alice Nellis, Marek Lescák
Starring	Oldřich Navrátil
Cinematography	Martin Štrba
Music by	Vladimír Godár
Release date	21 April 2005 (2005-04-21)
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	Czech Republic, Slovakia
Languages	Slovak Czech

The City of the Sun (Czech: Sluneční stát) is a 2005 comedy film written and directed by Martin Šulík and starring Oldřich Navrátil and Ľuboš Kostelný. The film won the main prize at the 2005 Finále Plzeň Film Festival.[1] At the 2006 ceremony for The Sun in a Net Awards, the film won in six categories.[2] The film was Slovakia's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for the 78th Academy Awards.[3] The film won in two categories at the Czech Lion Awards, specifically for music and editing.[4]

Cast

• Oldřich Navrátil as Karel
• Ivan Martinka [sk] as Tomáš
• Ľuboš Kostelný as Vinco
• Igor Bareš as Milan
• Anna Cónová as Tereza
• Petra Špalková as Marta
• Anna Šišková as Vilma
• Lucie Žáčková as Eva

See also

• List of Slovak submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Czech films of the 2000s

References

1. Soldát, Marek. "Sluneční stát už získává ceny - O Životě.cz". ozivote.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2 February 2018.
2. Slovenská filmová a televízna akadémia (SFTA) (8 December 2006). "Slnká v sieti majú svojich majiteľov" (in Slovak). Kinema.sk. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
3. "Slovensko na Oscary vysílá Sluneční stát". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). 29 September 2005. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
4. Gregor, Jan (25 February 2006). "Českého lva opanovalo Slámovo Štěstí". novinky.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2 February 2018.

External links

• The City of the Sun at IMDb