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* YourCheatingHeart: Jana is cheating on her husband Turek with Vaclav, the gentle and boyishly handsome farm veterinarian. It's hard to blame her, as Turek is an abusive and overly jealous jerk. He's however devastated when his worst fears are confirmed. Most people in the village side with Turek and wish to keep the family together because they have a small daughter.
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One day Otik's bumbling goes a little too far and he winds up causing Pavek to back the truck right into a concrete pillar at the summer house of a rich city-slicker. Pavek, fed up, tells Kalina (head of the collective farm) that after they are done with the harvest, he will no longer be Otik's supervisor/guardian. Soon after this, Kalina gets a (letter from headquarters of a company based in Prague saying that Otik has been given a job and an apartment in the capital. Everyone is puzzled why the company and their executives would show such an interest in one mentally disabled country bumpkin, until they figure out the reason: Otik's quaint large house where lives in alone after inheriting it from his parents.
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One day Otik's bumbling goes a little too far and he winds up causing Pavek to back the truck right into a concrete pillar at the summer house of a rich city-slicker. Pavek, fed up, tells Kalina (head of the collective farm) that after they are done with the harvest, he will no longer be Otik's supervisor/guardian. Soon after this, Kalina gets a (letter letter from headquarters of a company based in Prague saying that Otik has been given a job and an apartment in the capital. Everyone is puzzled why the company and their executives would show such an interest in one mentally disabled country bumpkin, until they figure out the reason: Otik's quaint large house where he lives in alone after inheriting it from his parents.
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It is a slice-of-life portrait of a sleepy little country village. Pavek and Otik are, respectively, a truck driver and his assistant. Otik is a mentally-challenged young man who is barely able to take care of himself. Pavek is his supervisor, a cranky but essentially good-hearted fellow who is constantly exasperated by his partner's bumbling. Otik, for his part, pretty much hero-worships his burly boss, going so far as to make sure that he and Pavek are in step as they march off to work.
One day Otik's bumbling goes a little too far and he winds up causing Pavek to back the truck right into a concrete pillar at the summer house of a rich city-slicker. Pavek, fed up, tells the local Communist Party boss (who makes all decisions about employment) that after the village is done with the harvest at the collective farm, he will no longer be Otik's supervisor/guardian. Soon after this, the party boss gets a letter from party headquarters in Prague saying that Otik has been given a job and an apartment in the capital. Everyone is puzzled why the party would show such an interest in one mentally disabled country bumpkin, until they figure out the reason: the lavish farmhouse that Otik lives in alone after inheriting it from his parents.
Other plot threads include the town doctor, Dr. Skružný, a genial fellow but an awful awful driver who keeps crashing cars; a neglected housewife who cheats on her abusive husband with the collective farm's veterinarian; and Pavek's teenaged son Jarda, who develops a major crush on a lovely schoolteacher.
One day Otik's bumbling goes a little too far and he winds up causing Pavek to back the truck right into a concrete pillar at the summer house of a rich city-slicker. Pavek, fed up, tells the local Communist Party boss (who makes all decisions about employment) that after the village is done with the harvest at the collective farm, he will no longer be Otik's supervisor/guardian. Soon after this, the party boss gets a letter from party headquarters in Prague saying that Otik has been given a job and an apartment in the capital. Everyone is puzzled why the party would show such an interest in one mentally disabled country bumpkin, until they figure out the reason: the lavish farmhouse that Otik lives in alone after inheriting it from his parents.
Other plot threads include the town doctor, Dr. Skružný, a genial fellow but an awful awful driver who keeps crashing cars; a neglected housewife who cheats on her abusive husband with the collective farm's veterinarian; and Pavek's teenaged son Jarda, who develops a major crush on a lovely schoolteacher.
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It is a slice-of-life portrait of a sleepy little country village. Pavek and Otik are, respectively, a truck driver and his assistant.assistant, both employed at the local collective farm. Otik is a mentally-challenged young man who is barely able to take care of himself. Pavek is his supervisor, a cranky but essentially good-hearted fellow who is constantly exasperated by his partner's bumbling. Otik, for his part, pretty much hero-worships his burly boss, going so far as to make sure that he and Pavek are in step as they march off to work.
One day Otik's bumbling goes a little too far and he winds up causing Pavek to back the truck right into a concrete pillar at the summer house of a rich city-slicker. Pavek, fed up, tellsthe local Communist Party boss (who makes all decisions about employment) that after the village is done with the harvest at Kalina (head of the collective farm, farm) that after they are done with the harvest, he will no longer be Otik's supervisor/guardian. Soon after this, the party boss Kalina gets a letter (letter from party headquarters of a company based in Prague saying that Otik has been given a job and an apartment in the capital. Everyone is puzzled why the party company and their executives would show such an interest in one mentally disabled country bumpkin, until they figure out the reason: the lavish farmhouse that Otik Otik's quaint large house where lives in alone after inheriting it from his parents.
Other plot threads include the town doctor, Dr. Skružný, a genial fellow but an awful awful driver who keeps crashing cars; a neglectedhousewife wife who cheats on her jealous and abusive husband with the collective farm's veterinarian; and Pavek's teenaged son Jarda, who develops a major crush on a lovely schoolteacher.
One day Otik's bumbling goes a little too far and he winds up causing Pavek to back the truck right into a concrete pillar at the summer house of a rich city-slicker. Pavek, fed up, tells
Other plot threads include the town doctor, Dr. Skružný, a genial fellow but an awful awful driver who keeps crashing cars; a neglected
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* HotTeacher: Jarda has to go to a parent-teacher conference for his younger sister because his parents can't make it. He instantly falls in love with his sister's good-looking teacher. The teacher tries to brush him off gently, but when Jarda looks through her window and sees her having sex with the artist, he makes a half-hearted suicide attempt in which he swallows some pills.
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* HotTeacher: Jarda has to go to a parent-teacher conference for his younger sister because his parents can't make it. He instantly falls in love with doesn't mind going there because he has a crush on his sister's good-looking young teacher. The teacher tries to brush him off gently, but when Jarda looks through keeps pining for her window to the point of almost stalking her. He's too young for her and sees her having sex with the artist, he makes a half-hearted suicide attempt in which he swallows some pills.she's not interested.
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* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Otik the simpleton is given one beer at the beer hall with strict instructions not to drink any more. Turek the jerkass dumps a shot glass of liquor into Otik's beer mug. Luckily Pavek sees this and pours out the beer while angrily confronting Turek.
* UnscrewedSaltShaker: Another worker at the dining hall does this to Otik and Pavek, unscrewing the cap to the salt shaker. Otik haplessly uses the salt shaker on Pavek's food, prompting a DeathGlare from Pavek after Otik dumps the whole shaker of salt into Pavek's soup.
* YourCheatingHeart: Jana is cheating on her husband Turek with Vaclav, the gentle and boyishly handsome farm veterinarian. It's hard to blame her, as Turek is an abusive jerk.
* UnscrewedSaltShaker: Another worker at the dining hall does this to Otik and Pavek, unscrewing the cap to the salt shaker. Otik haplessly uses the salt shaker on Pavek's food, prompting a DeathGlare from Pavek after Otik dumps the whole shaker of salt into Pavek's soup.
* YourCheatingHeart: Jana is cheating on her husband Turek with Vaclav, the gentle and boyishly handsome farm veterinarian. It's hard to blame her, as Turek is an abusive jerk.
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* SpurnedIntoSuicide: Jarda has been crushing on the local hot teacher but she keeps hinting that she's not interested and starts an affair with a painter who is staying in the village. When Jarda looks through her window and sees her having sex with the artist, he makes a suicide attempt in which he swallows some pills.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Otik the simpleton is given one beer at the beer hall withstrict Pavek's wife's kind instructions not to drink any more. Turek the jerkass dumps a shot glass of liquor into Otik's beer mug. Luckily Pavek sees this and pours out the beer while angrily confronting Turek.
* UnscrewedSaltShaker:Another A worker at the dining hall of the collective farm does this to Otik and Pavek, unscrewing the cap to the salt shaker. Otik haplessly uses the salt shaker on Pavek's food, prompting a DeathGlare from Pavek after Otik dumps the whole shaker of salt into Pavek's soup.
* YourCheatingHeart: Jana is cheating on her husband Turek with Vaclav, the gentle and boyishly handsome farm veterinarian. It's hard to blame her, as Turek is an abusivejerk.and overly jealous jerk. He's however devastated when his worst fears are confirmed. Most people in the village side with Turek and wish to keep the family together because they have a small daughter.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Jana is cheating on her husband Turek with Vaclav, the gentle and boyishly handsome farm veterinarian. It's hard to blame her, as Turek is an abusive
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-> "It's not a country, it's a garden."
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Other plot threads include the town doctor, Dr. Skružný, a genial fellow but an awful awful driver who keeps crashing cars; a neglected housewife who cheats on her abusive husband with the collective farm's veterinarian; and Pavek's teenaged son Jarda, who develops a major crush on a lovely schoolteacher.
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* {{Blackmail}}: Turek, operating a reaper, runs over another collective farm worker while drunk. The other worker survives, as he's squashed into the soft mud instead of flattened, but operating machinery drunk could lose Turek his license to work. Dr. Skružný says that if Turek ever hits his wife again, the doctor will turn over the results of his blood-alcohol test to the authorities.
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* BrickJoke: Numerous people warn the agronomist against his habit of tossing used matches back in his matchbook. He doesn't listen, and eventually a whole box of matches goes off in his pocket and he narrowly avoids burning his wiener off.
* CallBack: After Pavek finds out that the whole business about the job in Prague is a scam so that some Communist Party bureaucrat can get Otik's house, he goes into the city to retrieve his buddy. Otik is walking to a train when Pavek whistles to him just like he'd whistle every morning in the village when he arrived to escort Otik to work. Otik joyfully jumps into the truck and they drive off.
* CallBack: After Pavek finds out that the whole business about the job in Prague is a scam so that some Communist Party bureaucrat can get Otik's house, he goes into the city to retrieve his buddy. Otik is walking to a train when Pavek whistles to him just like he'd whistle every morning in the village when he arrived to escort Otik to work. Otik joyfully jumps into the truck and they drive off.
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* ConversationCut: As the doctor treats Vaclav's injury, Vaclav asks if anybody in their podunk town has ever gotten a divorce. The doctor says that some have, and the camera cuts to him as a female voice says "But how do you go about it?" It's Jana, as the scene has cut to the doctor treating her for her injury, namely the black eye that Turek gave her.
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* DomesticAbuse: Turek gives his wife a black eye after finding out she is cheating on him.
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: Dr. Skružný keeps crashing cars. At one point he looks at his latest wreck and asks if he needs a new fender, only for Pavek to answer that there's no point unless he gets a fender made out of rubber. In another scene he manages to run over ''himself'' when he parks the car so he can get out and admire the scenery, only to forget to engage the parking brake. In the last scene he shows Pavek and Otik the nice new red car he just received, only to promptly drive it through a barn door.
* FanDisservice: We get a good look at the pasty white butt of the agronomist, who is getting checked by the doctor after a box of matches caught fire in his pants.
* HotTeacher: Jarda has to go to a parent-teacher conference for his younger sister because his parents can't make it. He instantly falls in love with his sister's good-looking teacher. The teacher tries to brush him off gently, but when Jarda looks through her window and sees her having sex with the artist, he makes a half-hearted suicide attempt in which he swallows some pills.
* FanDisservice: We get a good look at the pasty white butt of the agronomist, who is getting checked by the doctor after a box of matches caught fire in his pants.
* HotTeacher: Jarda has to go to a parent-teacher conference for his younger sister because his parents can't make it. He instantly falls in love with his sister's good-looking teacher. The teacher tries to brush him off gently, but when Jarda looks through her window and sees her having sex with the artist, he makes a half-hearted suicide attempt in which he swallows some pills.
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* OffscreenCrash: In the last scene Dr. Skružný shows Otik and Pavek his snazzy new red car. Pavek nods, the doctor gets in the car and drives off, and there's the immediate sound of a crash offscreen as the doctor plows through the door of a barn.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Jana, neglected by her awful husband Turek, goes to hang the washing in the backyard wearing bikini bottoms and a skimpy top. Jarda notices and gawks as he's walking buy, and Turek notices that, provoking another argument.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Otik the simpleton is given one beer at the beer hall with strict instructions not to drink any more. Turek the jerkass dumps a shot glass of liquor into Otik's beer mug. Luckily Pavek sees this and pours out the beer while angrily confronting Turek.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Jana, neglected by her awful husband Turek, goes to hang the washing in the backyard wearing bikini bottoms and a skimpy top. Jarda notices and gawks as he's walking buy, and Turek notices that, provoking another argument.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Otik the simpleton is given one beer at the beer hall with strict instructions not to drink any more. Turek the jerkass dumps a shot glass of liquor into Otik's beer mug. Luckily Pavek sees this and pours out the beer while angrily confronting Turek.
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* BigGuyLittleGuy: Awkward, gangly Otik and short, barrel-shaped Pavek. The hero worship that Otik has for his friend/supervisor just makes it funnier.
* CockADoodleDawn: There's usually a rooster crowing somewhere as Otik and Pavek go off to work in the morning.
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* OffIntoTheDistanceEnding: The last shot is Otik and Pavek walking away, off to work again. Pavek messes with his young charge by repeatedly jumping and clicking his heels, which of course Otik does as well.
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* DistractedByTheSexy: How the concrete gate post gets knocked over. Otik, who may be a simpleton but still has a sex drive, gets distracted by the shapely bottom of the city slicker's wife as she bends over. He stops watching where the truck is going as he beckons, and Pavek plows right into the post.
* DownOnTheFarm: Down On The Collective Farm, being a story of a sleepy Czech village organized around a collective farm, and the people who live there and support each other.
* OffIntoTheDistanceEnding: The last shot is Otik and Pavek walking away, off to work again. Pavek messes with his young charge by repeatedly jumping and clicking his heels, which of course Otik does aswell.well.
* UnscrewedSaltShaker: Another worker at the dining hall does this to Otik and Pavek, unscrewing the cap to the salt shaker. Otik haplessly uses the salt shaker on Pavek's food, prompting a DeathGlare from Pavek after Otik dumps the whole shaker of salt into Pavek's soup.
* YourCheatingHeart: Jana is cheating on her husband Turek with Vaclav, the gentle and boyishly handsome farm veterinarian. It's hard to blame her, as Turek is an abusive jerk.
* DownOnTheFarm: Down On The Collective Farm, being a story of a sleepy Czech village organized around a collective farm, and the people who live there and support each other.
* OffIntoTheDistanceEnding: The last shot is Otik and Pavek walking away, off to work again. Pavek messes with his young charge by repeatedly jumping and clicking his heels, which of course Otik does as
* UnscrewedSaltShaker: Another worker at the dining hall does this to Otik and Pavek, unscrewing the cap to the salt shaker. Otik haplessly uses the salt shaker on Pavek's food, prompting a DeathGlare from Pavek after Otik dumps the whole shaker of salt into Pavek's soup.
* YourCheatingHeart: Jana is cheating on her husband Turek with Vaclav, the gentle and boyishly handsome farm veterinarian. It's hard to blame her, as Turek is an abusive jerk.
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''My Sweet Little Village'' is a 1985 film from what was then Czechoslovakia and is now UsefulNotes/TheCzechRepublic, directed by Jiri Menzel.
It is a slice-of-life portrait of a sleepy little country village. Pavek and Otik are, respectively, a truck driver and his assistant. Otik is a mentally-challenged young man who is barely able to take care of himself. Pavek is his supervisor, a cranky but essentially good-hearted fellow who is constantly exasperated by his partner's bumbling. Otik, for his part, pretty much hero-worships his burly boss, going so far as to make sure that he and Pavek are in step as they march off to work.
One day Otik's bumbling goes a little too far and he winds up causing Pavek to back the truck right into a concrete pillar at the summer house of a rich city-slicker. Pavek, fed up, tells the local Communist Party boss (who makes all decisions about employment) that after the village is done with the harvest at the collective farm, he will no longer be Otik's supervisor/guardian. Soon after this, the party boss gets a letter from party headquarters in Prague saying that Otik has been given a job and an apartment in the capital. Everyone is puzzled why the party would show such an interest in one mentally disabled country bumpkin, until they figure out the reason: the lavish farmhouse that Otik lives in alone after inheriting it from his parents.
Other plot threads include the town doctor, a genial fellow but an awful awful driver who keeps crashing cars; a neglected housewife who cheats on her abusive husband with the collective farm's veterinarian; and Pavek's teenaged son Jarda, who develops a major crush on a lovely schoolteacher.
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* BookEnds: Begins and ends with Otik and Pavek marching off to work in the morning.
* CreatorCameo: Zdeněk Svěrák, who wrote the screenplay, has a small part as the traveling artist who comes to the village and seduces the schoolteacher.
* OffIntoTheDistanceEnding: The last shot is Otik and Pavek walking away, off to work again. Pavek messes with his young charge by repeatedly jumping and clicking his heels, which of course Otik does as well.
It is a slice-of-life portrait of a sleepy little country village. Pavek and Otik are, respectively, a truck driver and his assistant. Otik is a mentally-challenged young man who is barely able to take care of himself. Pavek is his supervisor, a cranky but essentially good-hearted fellow who is constantly exasperated by his partner's bumbling. Otik, for his part, pretty much hero-worships his burly boss, going so far as to make sure that he and Pavek are in step as they march off to work.
One day Otik's bumbling goes a little too far and he winds up causing Pavek to back the truck right into a concrete pillar at the summer house of a rich city-slicker. Pavek, fed up, tells the local Communist Party boss (who makes all decisions about employment) that after the village is done with the harvest at the collective farm, he will no longer be Otik's supervisor/guardian. Soon after this, the party boss gets a letter from party headquarters in Prague saying that Otik has been given a job and an apartment in the capital. Everyone is puzzled why the party would show such an interest in one mentally disabled country bumpkin, until they figure out the reason: the lavish farmhouse that Otik lives in alone after inheriting it from his parents.
Other plot threads include the town doctor, a genial fellow but an awful awful driver who keeps crashing cars; a neglected housewife who cheats on her abusive husband with the collective farm's veterinarian; and Pavek's teenaged son Jarda, who develops a major crush on a lovely schoolteacher.
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* BookEnds: Begins and ends with Otik and Pavek marching off to work in the morning.
* CreatorCameo: Zdeněk Svěrák, who wrote the screenplay, has a small part as the traveling artist who comes to the village and seduces the schoolteacher.
* OffIntoTheDistanceEnding: The last shot is Otik and Pavek walking away, off to work again. Pavek messes with his young charge by repeatedly jumping and clicking his heels, which of course Otik does as well.
