SOMETHING LIKE HAPPINESS
by Bohdan Sláma
synopsis
Study of a group of locals from the working-class district of a small Czech city bearing the scars of industrialisation: the young girl whose boyfriend has emigrated to America, the young boy secretly in love with her, the abandoned mother whose lover can't make up his mind to ask for a divorce, the children who are passed from hand to hand and can't get over their astonishment.
| international title: | Something Like Happiness |
| original title: | Stestí |
| country: | Czech Republic |
| sales agent: | Wild Bunch |
| year: | 2005 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Bohdan Sláma |
| film run: | 100' |
| release date: | CZ 15/09/2005, FR 12/04/2006, DE 20/04/2006, IT 12/05/2006 |
| screenplay: | Bohdan Sláma |
| cast: | Pavel Liska, Tatiana Vilhelmová, Ana Geislerová, Zuzana Krónerová, Marek Daniel |
| cinematography by: | Divis Marek |
| music: | Leonid Soybelman |
| producer: | John Riley |
| production: | Negativ Film Productions, Ceská televise (CZ) / ZDF, Das Kleine Fernsehspiel ARTE (DE) |
| backing: | Czech Film Support and Development Fund (Ministry of Culture); Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Eurimages, MEDIA Plus |
| distributor: | Bonton Film (CZ), Why Not (FR), Neue Visionen (DE), BIM (IT), Atlantis Entertainment (HU) |
