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Good Mr. Benda (2019)
Directed by Pavel Jurda
Documentary · 1h 16m
A sensitive portrait of grandfather Miroslav Benda, a tried and true Sokol member and an ordinary man with extraordinary vigor and ideals, revealing a story of human resilience and optimism through nostalgia and situational comedy. The film is a kind of observational documentary - it includes family videos and archival film material. We’re drawn into the microcosm of the village of Křenovice u Slavkova by two Japanese women who have decided to visit Benda, thanks to his long friendship with a university professor from Tokyo. Together with Benda, the audience travels to the only Japanese gas station in Europe, to Prague’s Strahov Stadium, and to New York to visit American Sokol members.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Pavel Jurda
- Screenplay
- Pavel Jurda
- Director of Photography
- Petr Vejslík
- Editor
- Pavel Kolaja
- Producer
- Jiří Konečný, Petr Kubica, Martin Polák
Details
- Original title
- Dobrý život sokola Bendy
- Release date
- 2019-02-07
- Runtime
- 1h 16m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- CS
- Spoken languages
- Czech
- Countries
- Czech Republic
- Production
- Endorfilm, Česká televize