Poster Barefoot

Title: Barefoot

Original Title: Po strnisti bos

Year: 2017

Info

Plot

'Barefoot' is a dramatic film that tells the story of Eda, a Czech 8-years-old boy who is forced to leave the Praga he was born in the Second World War due to the nazi occupation of the city. Thus, the kid moves on to a little town in the countryside where he used to pass his holidays, because in this village live most of his family. Eda will need to confront the change from the busy urban life to the excited rural life, the new attraction for girls and the discover of dark pasts in his family.

'Barefoot' is the film which the director Jan Sverak comes back. He won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1996 with the film 'Kolya'. This new story is based in a book written by his father.

Cast

Director:

Jan Sverák Jan Sverák

Jan Tríska

Jan Tríska

Eda's grandfather

Martin Havelka

Martin Havelka

Gravedigger Kudrna

Jan Sverák

Jan Sverák

Man with hat

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Lejos de Praga
Lejos de Praga
Lejos de Praga
Lejos de Praga
Lejos de Praga
Lejos de Praga
Lejos de Praga

Trivia

A long journey

It took 15 years for father and son, the co-authors Jan and Zdenek Sverak, to develop the script for 'Barefoot'.

A prequel

This film is a prequel of a prior film called 'The Elementary School', released in 1991.

Poor box office

The critical panning, and poor box office receipts resulted in 20th Century Fox canceling the Blu-ray release of the film and instead releasing it on standard DVD.

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