The Wonderful Years That Sucked
1997 · 97 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 772 VOTES · DIR. Petr Nikolaev
Overview
Capturing the dark humor of Czech author Michal Viewegh's chronicle of life after the Velvet Revolution, this black comedy chronicles three decades in the life of a small Czech family. While the original novel centered on the protagonist Kvido from his conception through his adulthood, first time director Petr Nikolaev and screenwriter Jan Novak changed the focus to his parents Milena, an extremely self-effacing lawyer who acts on stage in her spare time, and Ales, a rather aimless government worker who tends to drift wherever the wind takes him. The lives of Ales and Milena change dramatically following the Russian invasion of Prague in 1968.
Dialogue Timeline — 822 lines
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00:00:01 This film is made with financial support of the Czech State Fund
00:03:28 And don't run anybody over.
00:07:30 I think I'm having the baby!
00:10:51 He just can't stand that infantile cooing. Watch this...
00:14:41 screaming: "Dubček! Dubček!" And we second that sentiment...
00:18:19 Is this what you slaved through the law school for?
00:24:23 aren't as provincial as everything else around here.
00:27:15 Didn't know that.
00:31:46 - What a notion! - Then I'm not playing.
00:34:47 I happen to have a wonderful sociological map...
00:38:06 I don't know, to be honest. It's only an interpretive art...
00:42:01 Shush and come on!
00:45:29 - Oh, come on, Nina, wait... - Don't "come on" me!
00:50:32 Won't you try and pet her, please?
00:58:01 Did you lose your mind? What are you doing?
01:01:10 Yes.
01:05:29 Kvido! Paco! Your hot dogs will burst!
01:09:42 - Sounds good to me! - So all right, tonight it is.
01:13:26 - Should I go and card them? - Go for it, Mr. engineer!
01:18:05 doesn't mean anything's wrong.
01:22:26 I'm going there. It's been 40 minutes.
01:25:41 Do you see that pipe? Mr. Dvořák was going to take it away...
01:29:34 Okay, but I don't want you to blame me one day and say
01:32:44 We are getting ready for the thing