Kolya

Jan Sverak, 1996 (105 mins, Cert. 12)

It is seldom that a film from the Czech Republic breaks through Hollywood's domination of distribution patterns, and so it is a special pleasure to introduce Kolya, the story of a down-at-heel musician who agrees to a marriage of convenience, and is left with a five year old boy when his 'wife' heads off for Germany. Beautifully crafted by veteran Czech director Jan Sverak into a touching, tragi-comic story set against the revolutionary events of 1989.
(Barbican publicity)

T.B.A.
(Steve Fagg)

Seen: Monday, 12th May, 1997 (Barbican 1)