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Film · 2017

Barefoot

Original titlePo strnisti bos

Directed by Jan Sverák · starring Jan Tríska, Martin Havelka and Jan Sverák

  • 5.9 Users3 votes
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Synopsis

'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.

The essentials

Runtime
111 min1 hour and 51 minutes
Budget
$2.2m
How long is Barefoot?
1 hour and 51 minutes (111 minutes).
Who directed Barefoot?
Jan Sverák.
Who is in Barefoot?
It stars Jan Tríska, Martin Havelka and Jan Sverák.
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Cast

Full cast (6)
Director
Jan Sverák
Writers
Jan Sverák
Producers
Jan Sverák

Videos and trailers

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'Barefoot' trailer with English subtitles 2:2725 April 2019

Photos and posters

All 7 photos

Reviews

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5.9 3 votes

What the critics say

  • The Hollywood ReporterDeborah Young "Particularly impressive is the casual integration of Eda?s fantasies in the background of realistic scenes. Michal Novinski's soundtrack resonates with joy".

Trivia

  • 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.

  • A long journey

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

  • Based in a true story

    The script is based on his father's childhood memories, in a child's point of view.

  • A curious casting

    To ensure he would cast the best possible young actors, Jan Sverak applied a new casting method of having each child of 800 who auditioned tell a joke so he could see verbal skills, sense of humor and ability to remember and deliver a story.

  • A prequel

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

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