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KolyaKolya is an award-winning 1996 Czech Republic motion picture drama that demonstrates how lives can be reshaped in unexpected ways. Warning: Spoilers follow Frantisek Louka, a middle-aged Czechoslovakian man dedicated to bachelorhood and the pursuit of women, is a concert cellist who has been blacklisted by the communist government authority. He is struggling to eke out a living, playing funerals at the Prague crematorium but almost oblivious to the atmosphere of political anxiety that surrounds him as the Soviet empire begins to disintegrate. A friend offers him a chance to earn a great deal of money through a sham marriage to a Russian woman to save her from being deported. However, frightened that the authorities will discover their fraud, the woman flees to West Germany, leaving behind her Russian-speaking five-year-old son for the disgruntled Czech musician to look after. Production: Running time: 105 min. Primary cast: Awards:
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