The movie's main storyline follows the life of Otík, a young man, in a tight-knit village community. The sweet-tempered Otík works as an assistant truck driver with Mr. Pávek, his older colleague and practical-minded neighbor. Pávek's family takes care of Otík, whose parents are dead. However, the two coworkers become at odds over Otík's inability to perform even the simplest tasks. Pávek demands that Otík be transferred to assist another driver, who happens to be a choleric and suspicious man named Turek (Turk in Czech). Rather than work with Turek, Otík decides to accept an offer of employment in Prague, but finds he does not fit in to the city life. After discovering that the transfer of Otík to Prague was a trick by a crooked politician to get a deal on Otík's large inherited house, Pávek agrees to give Otík a second chance and retrieves him from the city to resume their work together.
Directed by Jiří Menzel
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TrailerVesnicko Má Stredisková / My Sweet Little Village (Jirí Menzel, 1985) Trailer
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János Bán
Otík
Marián Labuda
Pávek
Rudolf Hrušínský
doktor Skružný
Petr Čepek
Josef Turek
Libuše Šafránková
Jana Turková
Jan Hartl
Václav Kašpar
Miloslav Štibich
Kalina
Rudolf Hrušínský
Honza Kalina, ml.
Oldřich Vlach
rostlinář Jaromír Kunc
Rudolf Hrušínský
Drápalík
Milena Dvorská
Pávková
Stanislav Aubrecht
Jarda Pávek
Klára Pollertová
Majka
Milada Ježková
Hrabětová
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