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An Earthly Paradise for the Eyes

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An Earthly Paradise For The Eyes
DVD cover
Directed byIrena Pavlaskova
Written byTereza Boučková
StarringVilma Cibulková
Miroslav Etzler
Igor Bareš
Production
company
Cineart TV Prague
Running time
119 minutes
CountryCzech Republic

An Earthly Paradise For The Eyes is an English title for the Czech comedy film Zemský ráj to na pohled, directed by Irena Pavlásková [cs] and released in 2009. It portrays the adventures of a dissident family and their friends while under observation by pro-Soviet secret police in Prague between 1968 and 1977, during the country's period of "normalization"—forced revocation of the legislation and customs of the reform period led by Alexander Dubček (1963/1967 – 1968).

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(From Czech Wikipedia article)

  • Tereza Boučková's screenplay received in 2006 the first-prize Sazka Award for best unproduced screenplay.
  • Tereza Voříšková was nominated for the Czech Lion Award 2009 in the category "best actress in a supporting role".
  • The film won the critics award FIPRESCI at the Moscow Film Festival.
  • Vilma Cibulková won the Moscow International Film Festival Award for best actress, for her role in this film.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "'Hermano' wins top prize at Moscow fest". The Hollywood Reporter. 26 June 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
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