Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself
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Duration Music director Jiri Bulis | 7.8/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Drama Running time 2h 1m Language French | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1989 (1989) Writer Juraj Jakubisko, Jozef Pasteka Initial release July 1989 (Czechoslovakia, Germany) Screenplay Juraj Jakubisko, Jozef Pasteka Cast (Pepe), Deana Horváthová (Zelmira), Markéta Hrubešová (Ester), Štefan Kvietik (Kornet), (Krisrofíc)Similar movies Related Juraj Jakubisko movies |
Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself (Slovak: Sedím na konári a je mi dobre) is a 1989 Czechoslovak-German comedy-drama film directed by Juraj Jakubisko. It was entered into the main competition at the 46th Venice International Film Festival.
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Synopsis

A tragi-comedy about the end of World War II and the roll call of the communist regime. With this background you have a part-dream sequence story of the two main characters coming back from the war - comedian Pepe and front line soldier Prengel that become best friends after discovering gold together. By coincidence these two meet Ester who is coming back from a concentration camp and now love enters the story with this melancholic Jewish girl. Three homeless people are trying to fulfill their idea of happiness. They chose the wrong time period. The monstrosity of the 1950’s is represented by a fanatic young communist, Želmíra, who turns their world upside-down.
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Film Awards
• Prize for the best film
• Grand Prize
• Special Jury Prize
•Le Prix du Jury and the Alsace Media de Strasbourg Prize
• Certificate of Merit RAI II
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