Hostage

Original title: Jak jsme hráli cáru

2014
1h 37m

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Tragicomic family film about the world of children heroes - particularly the son of a local communist officer and his friend, a little hostage of the regime, whose parents emigrated to the W... Read allTragicomic family film about the world of children heroes - particularly the son of a local communist officer and his friend, a little hostage of the regime, whose parents emigrated to the West, few years before "Prague Spring" and the occupation of Czechoslovakia. Camaraderie, t... Read allTragicomic family film about the world of children heroes - particularly the son of a local communist officer and his friend, a little hostage of the regime, whose parents emigrated to the West, few years before "Prague Spring" and the occupation of Czechoslovakia. Camaraderie, the first big discoveries of love, enemy gang fights and naive ideas are confronted with th... Read all

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6.5/10

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Awards
- 6 nominations total

Trivia
Final film of Libuse Safránková.

Connections
Featured in Slnko v sieti 2016 (2016)

Soundtracks
Stastie
Music by Lubica Cekovská, lyrics by Milan Lasica
Performed by Milan Lasica

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9/10

Overlooked gem!

I can't believe no one has reviewed this. It is very hard to find and was probably never released in the USA but there are English subtitles available. It is a slice of life of a Prague family living during Soviet control times. The young boy is literally a hostage since his parents escaped to Austria and the government will not let him join them without papers. The boy stays with grandparents and much of the film is from the boy's perspective. The IMDB summary describes the film succinctly. It is a very touching film and reminds us of our childhood no matter where we were brought up. In that way it is reminiscent of Stephen King's Stand By Me. The grandfather is one that everyone would love to have. I can't recommend this film enough if you can find it. I think Amazon has it, at least they did because that's how it came to my attention. Can't believe this didn't get an Oscar nomination although the Academy may only consider films released in the US.