Based on a script by his father, Zdeněk Svěrák, who also plays the main role in the film, Jan Svěrák shot a story of a bachelor who after a sham marriage with a Russian and her emigration to the West becomes unexpectedly a father to a five-year-old boy. This touching story about a growing bond between the aging man and the small Russian boy was awarded an Oscar for the Best Foreign Language Film.
Cast / Zdeněk Svěrák , Andrej Chalimon , Libuše Šafránková , Ondřej Vetchý , Stella Zázvorková , Ladislav Smoljak , Irina Livanovová Writer / Zdeněk Svěrák DoP / Vladimír Smutný Story / Pavel Taussig Editor / Alois Fišárek Sound / Zbyněk Mikulík Music / Ondřej Soukup