Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself
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| director = Juraj Jakubisko
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| music = Jiří Bulis
| cinematography = Ladislav Kraus
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| released = {{Film date|1989}}
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| country = Czechoslovakia
West Germany
| language = Czech
Slovak
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Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself ({{langx|sk|Sedím na konári a je mi dobre}}) is a 1989 Czechoslovak-West German comedy-drama film directed by Juraj Jakubisko.Variety Film Reviews, Volume 21. R R Bowker Pub., 1989. It was entered into the main competition at the 46th Venice International Film Festival.{{cite news|last1=Giorgio Cecchetti|title=Tre italiani per un leone d'oro| newspaper=La Repubblica|page=17|date=29 July 1989}}
Synopsis
A tragi-comedy about the end of World War II and the roll call of the communist regime. With this background you have a part-dream sequence story of the two main characters coming back from the war - comedian Pepe and front line soldier Prengel that become best friends after discovering gold together. By coincidence these two meet Ester who is coming back from a concentration camp and now love enters the story with this melancholic Jewish girl. Three homeless people are trying to fulfill their idea of happiness. They chose the wrong time period. The monstrosity of the 1950s is represented by a fanatic young communist, Želmíra, who turns their world upside-down.
Cast
- Bolek Polívka - Pepe
- Ondřej Pavelka - Prengel
- Deana Horváthová - Želmíra
- Štefan Kvietik - kapitán Kornet
- Markéta Hrubešová - Ester
- Miroslav Macháček - Krištofík
Film Awards
- Cran Gavier´99 1999
• Prize for the best film - Moscow International Film Festival 1990
• Grand Prize - Festival of Czechoslovak film 1990
• Special Jury Prize - IFF Stasbourg 1990
•Le Prix du Jury and the Alsace Media de Strasbourg Prize - Venice Film Festival 1989
• Certificate of Merit RAI II
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0098280}}
{{Juraj Jakubisko}}
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Category:Czechoslovak comedy-drama films
Category:Slovak comedy-drama films
Category:1980s Czech-language films
Category:Slovak-language films
Category:1989 comedy-drama films
Category:Films directed by Juraj Jakubisko
Category:German comedy-drama films
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