Slunce, seno, jahody explained

Sun, hay, strawberry
Director:	Zdeněk Troška
Producer:	Blažej Vráb
Starring:	Miroslav Zounar Vlastimila Vlková Helena Růžičková Jaroslava Kretschmerová
Music:	Karel Vágner
Cinematography:	Josef Hanuš
Editing:	Eva Bobková
Distributor:	Ústřední půjčovna filmů
Runtime:	83 minutes
Country:	Czechoslovakia
Language:	Czech

Slunce, seno, jahody (Sun, hay, strawberries) is a Czech comedy film made in 1983, usually regarded as one of the classics of the Czech comedy industry. Written and directed by Zdeněk Troška, it was filmed and set in Hoštice, a small rural village in the Czech portion of the former Czechoslovakia. It is a play on the perceived stereotypes of daily life in a village community.

Plot

A Czech agricultural student, Šimon Plánička, arrives at the small South Bohemian town of Hoštice, and joins the local JZD (agricultural co-op) with the intention of trying out his experiment regarding the "Milk yield of cows in regards to a cultured environment". He runs into difficulty with the directorship of the JZD, but he finds them eager to help once they hear he's the son of the local agricultural commissioner, as his last name is also Plánička. Blažena Škopková is given the task of finding out how things are looking. However everything is complicated by the jealousy of Blažena's boyfriend Venca.

Cast

• Pavel Kikinčuk as student Šimon Plánička^[1]
• Helena Růžičková as Mařena Škopková, Blažena's mother
• Stanislav Tříska as Vladimír Škopek, Blažena's father^[2]
• Arnoštka Červená as grandmother Škopková
• Veronika Kánská as Blažena Škopková
• Bronislav Černý as plumber Venca Konopník
• Marie Pilátová as Vlasta Konopníková, Venca's mother^[3]
• Václav Troška as Konopník, Venca's father
• Petra Pyšová as waitress Miluna
• Luděk Kopřiva as parish priest Otík
• Vlastimila Vlková as priest's housekeeper Cecilka
• Jiří Lábus as inseminator Béďa
• Jiřina Jirásková as Václavka Hubičková
• Pavel Vondruška as secretary Mošna
• Miroslav Zounar as Chairman of the JZD Pepa Rádl^[4]
• Jaroslava Kretschmerová as secretary of the JZD, nickname Evík
• Marie Švecová as Mařenka Kelišová, nickname Keliška
• Jiří Růžička as fat Josef

External links

• • Czechoslovak Film Database page
• Shorts from the film

Notes and References

1. Web site: LICHNOVSKÁ. VERONIKA. Evík, Miluna i Venca Konopník: Jak dnes vypadají představitelé z trilogie Slunce, seno… . prozeny.cz. 9 March 2023 . cs . 1 September 2022.
2. Web site: Lojdová. Sabina. Náhlá smrt Škopka (✝63) ze Slunce seno… Zemřel v šatně po divadelním představení. super.cz. 9 March 2023 . cs . 14 May 2021.
3. Web site: Zemřela Marie Pilátová, Konopníková z filmů Slunce, seno... . Koblenc. Václav. 21 January 2015. Deník. Czech. 9 March 2023.
4. Web site: Lojdová. Sabina. Předseda ze Slunce, seno… pupkaté "jézéďáky" nepřipomínal. Jak to bylo s kloboukem a věčnou žvýkačkou?. super.cz. 9 March 2023 . cs . 18 June 2022.