Jára has lost his job, his family is falling apart and his only companion and friend is Karel, a lonely weirdo who feels very closely bound to nature. Unemployed and immature, he tries to keep his family together, to make his wife stay with him, to protect his teenage son from drug abuse, and to protect Karel from himself – but who will protect Jára?
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 42 min.
- Country, year
- Czechia, Germany, 2012
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- Czech
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Bohdan Sláma
- Screenplay
- Bohdan Sláma
- Cinematography
- Diviš Marek
- Music
- Vypsaná fiXa
- Cast
- Jaroslav Plesl, Anna Geislerová, Marek Šácha, Anna Bubeníková
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- official selection (World Cinema)
- selected for Spectrum programme.
Director
Bohdan Sláma
Bohdan Sláma graduated from Prague’s world-renowned film school FAMU. His first two films, The Wild Bees and Something Like Happiness, were presented and awarded in Rotterdam, Warsaw, Cottbus, San Sebastian and other international film festivals. Sláma’s first two films were both Czech Republic’s Oscar submissions in their respective years. Four Suns is his fourth feature film.
