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An Earthly Paradise for the Eyes
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Wikipedia article
'An Earthly Paradise For The Eyes' is an English title for the Czech comedy film 'Zemsk rj to na pohled', directed by and released in 2009. It portrays the adventures of a dissident family and their friends while under observation by pro-Soviet secret police in Prague between 1968 and 1977, during the country's period of "normalization"forced revocation of the legislation and customs of the reform period led by Alexander Dubek (1963/1967 1968).
Cast
*Vilma Cibulkov as Marta
*Miroslav Etzler as Mirek
*Igor Bare
*Ji Dvok as Petr Hna
*Jan Hartl as Director Kovc
*Tereza Vokov as Gbina
*Jan Zadrail as Toms
*Ondej Vetch as Jan Pavel
*Dana Markov as Majda
*Barbora Seidlov as Lenka
Awards
'(From Czech Wikipedia article')
* Tereza Boukov's screenplay received in 2006 the first-prize Sazka Award for best unproduced screenplay.
* Tereza Vokov was nominated for the Czech Lion Award 2009 in the category "best actress in a supporting role".
* The film won the critics award FIPRESCI at the Moscow Film Festival.
* Vilma Cibulkov won the Moscow International Film Festival Award for best actress, for her role in this film.
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