Forgotten Light
1996 · 105 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 309 VOTES · DIR. Vladimír Michálek
Overview
Father Holy, a village priest, battles against the state and religious bureaucracies of 1980s Czechoslovakia in his fight to raise money for a new church roof. Permeated by his love for the villagers, his encounters are marked by his good humor. In his losing battle against Church and State, Holy is ordered to be transferred away from his parish and his allies. The Czech-American, Milena Jelinek, adapted this moving story from the the novel The Forgotten Light, by the 1930s Czech writer/poet and Catholic priest Jakub Deml. (1934)
Dialogue Timeline — 632 lines
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00:00:20 I christen you in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
00:06:53 Grab hold of that, Mr. Kinský, pull it across. Stretch it across.
00:12:01 III have to do something about that roof. And get some funding.
00:15:25 I'm not, that's the building inspectors job.
00:19:31 The girls will make fun of me. Do you want a slap in the face?
00:22:02 How are you doing, Marjánka?
00:25:20 She's got awful legs, bound to be the hysterical type.
00:28:32 Say that each day and hour brings a great change on Earth and above it.
00:32:23 And the Comrade Secretary. What secretary?
00:35:30 Here she is, but you can only have quarter of an hour.
00:39:13 Save someone from pain, from death...
00:42:28 If you want to be on first name terms, get it right:
00:46:31 If you sign this you can take her home.
00:50:49 Where are the boys? They're around somewhere.
00:54:47 I hope something falls on her head, infernal woman.
00:58:59 You wont let up, will you? No, I'm going to write to the Pope.
01:04:00 Do you know when I first saw you? No.
01:07:32 You don't have to bribe him, surely? No, but he refuses to discuss it.
01:10:05 We had the most wonderful yellow roses round the back.
01:13:23 It'll be fantastic, Mr. Kinský! Oh, sorry... my sincere condolences.
01:19:52 The charge was dropped. You're free to go.
01:23:22 Marka is lying down next door.
01:29:20 That's rich coming from you!
01:36:29 Even if Evièka is a bit naughty sometimes.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed632
Dialogue density6.0 lines / min
First line00:00:20
Final line01:36:29
Production Record
DirectorVladimír Michálek
LanguageCS
IMDb votes309