Cosy Dens Explained

Cosy Dens
Director:Jan Hřebejk
Producer:
Starring:
Music:
Cinematography:Jan Malíř
Editing:Vladimír Barák
Distributor:Česká televize
Runtime:115 minutes
Country:Czechia
Language:Czech
Budget:20,000,000 Kč
Gross:80,000,000 Kč[1]

Cosy Dens (Pelíšky) is a 1999 Czech film directed by Jan Hřebejk. It is loosely based on the novel Hovno Hoří (Czech: "shit on fire") by Petr Šabach. It was voted the best Czech film by Reflex magazine in 2011.

Synopsis

Cosy Dens is a bittersweet coming-of-age story set in the months from Christmas 1967 up to the 1968 Prague Spring. Teenager Michal Šebek has a crush on his upstairs neighbour, Jindřiška Krausová. Michal's family is led by a stubborn army officer who is a firm supporter of the Communist system and who believes that Communist technology will eventually triumph over "Western imperialist capitalism', while Jindřiška's father is an ardent foe of the Communists and a war hero, who has been imprisoned several times because of his outspoken opposition to the regime. He believes that "the Bolsheviks have a year left at most, maybe two". In contrast, the younger generation could not care less for politics. Instead, Michal sports a Beatles-style mop-top, while Elien, whose parents live in the United States, runs a local film group specialising in Hollywood and pre-war French films. Jindřiška eventually becomes Elien's girlfriend. After a wedding that unites the families, the film ends with the news of the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact troops.

Trivia

The Czech title is a plural and diminutive of the word "pelech", literally meaning animal den or burrow. It is used figuratively for a cosy place to sleep.[2]

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack to Cosy Dens was released in April 1999 and contains snippets of dialogue in addition to songs.[3]

  1. Blue Effect – "Slunečný hrob"
  2. Miroslav Kaman, Jaroslav Dušek – "Dvě dávky"
  3. Václav Neckář – "Tu kytaru jsem koupil kvůli tobě"
  4. Bolek Polívka – "Nebe na zemi"
  5. Kristýna Nováková, Michael Beran, Ondřej Brousek – "Kozačky..."
  6. Petr Novák & Flamengo – "Povídej"
  7. Kristýna Nováková, Michael Beran – "Něco jako příbuzný"
  8. Waldemar Matuška – "Pojď se mnou, lásko má"
  9. Emília Vášáryová, Jiří Kodet – "Dávám bolševikovi rok"
  10. Hana Hegerová – "Čerešně"
  11. Miroslav Donutil, Bolek Polívka, Silvie Koblížková – "Nerozbitná sklenička"
  12. Kučerovci – "Ajo mama"
  13. Miroslav Donutil, Michael Beran – "Gagarinův bratr"
  14. Kučerovci – "La mulher rendeira"
  15. Stella Zázvorková, Simona Stašová, Miroslav Donutil, Bolek Polívka – "Maršál Malinovskij"
  16. Judita Čeřovská – "Je po dešti"
  17. Eva Holubová, Jaroslav Dušek, Marek Morvai-Javorský – "Vyděržaj, pijaněr"
  18. Václav Neckář – "Lékořice"
  19. Emília Vášáryová, Kristýna Nováková, Jiří Kodet – "Noky"
  20. Karel Gott – "Santa lucia"
  21. Miroslav Donutil, Bolek Polívka, Jiří Kodet – "Kde udělali soudruzi z NDR chybu?"
  22. Waldemar Matuška – "Mrholí"
  23. Eva Holubová, Jaroslav Dušek, Marek Morvai-Javorský – "Hoří hovno...?"
  24. Karel Gott & Olympic – "Trezor"
  25. Jiří Kodet – "Proletáři všech zemí..."
  26. The Matadors – "Get Down from the Tree"
  27. The Soulmen – "Baby Do Not Cry"
  28. The Soulmen – "I Wish I Were"
  29. Blue Effect – "Snakes"
  30. Miroslav Donutil, Bolek Polívka – "Průměrná ženská"
  31. Blue Effect – "Sluneční hrob"

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jan Hřebejk chystá pátý film. Novinky.cz. 7 September 2017. cs-CZ.
  2. Web site: pelech překlad z češtiny do angličtiny. cs. Seznam.cz. 17 January 2024.
  3. Web site: Pelíšky . kfilmu.net . 15 August 2024 . cs.