23-04-2012

FNE at FINALE Plzen: Long Live the Family

By FNE Staff

    {mosimage}PLZEN: Director Robert Sedlacek, whose TV film Men in Rut was a surprise hit at the 2010 FINALE festival of Czech films, returns to the 25th FINALE with a satiric road movie, Long Live the Family.

    The script, also by Sedlacek, follows a fugitive former teacher on the run after being accused of tunneling money through his job as a bank manager.

    The film is produced by Produkce Radim Prochazka (www.radimprochazka.com) and coproduced by Czech TV (www.ceskatelevize.cz) and Avion (www.avion.net).

    The film was released in the Czech Republic by Bontonfilm (www.bontonfilm.cz) and stayed on the top 20 box office for four weeks, with over 12,000 admissions in the first month in distribution.

    Contact information:

    Produkce Radim Prochazka

    Řehořova 54
    13000 Praha 3
    Czech Republic

    Phone: +420 222 212 041

    Cast and crew:

    Director, writer: Robert Sedlacek

    DoP: Petr Koblovský

    Editor: Matouš Outrata

    Cast: Igor Chmela, Eva Vrbková, Martin Finger, Monika A. Fingerová, Albert Mikšík, Kristýna Tomíčková, Simona Babčáková, Jiří Vyorálek, Filip Štolfa, Jana Janěková ml.