Year of the Devil
7.8 /10 1 Votes
Director Petr Zelenka Duration Country Czech Republic | 7.6/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Drama, Fantasy Writer Petr Zelenka Language Czech
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Release date 2002 Initial release March 7, 2002 (Czech Republic) Initial DVD release January 1, 2005 (Czech Republic) Songs Rok dabla I Cast Jaromír Nohavica (Himself), Karel Plíhal (Himself), Jan Prent (Himself), Karel Holas (Himself), František Černý (Himself), Radek Pobořil (Himself)Tagline A sad comedy about angels | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Year of the devil 2002 part 01
Year of the Devil (Czech: Rok ďábla) is a 2002 Czech Mockumentary film directed by Petr Zelenka. It stars musicians who act as themselves: Czech folk music band Čechomor, musicians and poets Jaromír Nohavica, Karel Plihal and British musician and composer Jaz Coleman. The soundtrack also includes two pieces by the Killing Joke: Frenzy and Exorcism.
Contents
Year of the devil 2002 part 06
Plot
Dutch documentary film director, Jan Holman, goes to the Czech Republic to make a film about curing alcoholism. At an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting he finds a man named Jaromir Nohavica who becomes his friend. Another friend of Nohavica, Karel Plihal, becomes mute, and Nohavica decides to start a tour with the band Čechomor to help cure him. When Jan Holman follows with his camera in tow, he finds many inexplicable events along the way.
Awards and nominations
It was awarded the Crystal Globe at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and won the Findling Award and the FIPRESCI Prize at the Cottbus Film Festival of Young East European Cinema in 2002. In 2003 it won 6 Czech Lions, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Editing, and was nominated for 5 more, including Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography. In the same year it won the Prize Trieste at the Trieste Film Festival.
References
Year of the Devil WikipediaYear of the Devil IMDb Year of the Devil themoviedb.org