| Kolya Review |
| by Christina Gross |
| Cellist Frantisek Louka (Zdenek Sverak) is an aging playboy. Since he
was thrown out of the National Philharmonic Orchestra because of
"subversive remarks" (the movie takes place before the communist
regime in Czechoslovakia came to an end), he only...more |
| Kolya Review |
| by Rob Reser |
| Franta Louka has his hands and life full with his mother's
deteriorating house, his lack of money, and simply just trying to make
ends meet. Once a famed cellist in Soviet-occupied Czechoslovakia's
philharmonic orchestra, Louka (played by Zdenek Sverak)...more |
| Kolya Review |
| by Edwin Jahiel |
| KOLYA (Czech Republic, France, UK, 1996) *** 1/2. Directed by Jan Sverak.
Written by Zdenek Sverak. Story, Pavel Taussig. Photography,Vladimir
Smutny. Editing, Alois Fisarek. Production design, Karel Vasanek. Costumes,
Katerina Hollak. Music, Ondrej...more |
| Kolya Review |
| by Michael J. Legeros |
| KOLYA
A film review by Michael John Legeros
Copyright 1997 Michael John Legeros more |
| Kolya Review |
| by Mark R. Leeper |
| Capsule: KOLYA has a safe-bet plot: a fifty-
five-year-old bachelor suddenly reluctantly
inheriting a son. After he stops fighting it, he
finds parenthood fulfilling an emptiness in his
life. The...more |
| Kolya Review |
| by Ben Hoffman |
| This is the Czech entry for the Academy's best Foreign Film. I have
never yet seen a Foreign Film entry that I did not like, and KOLYA is
no exception. True there are periods when the action does not seem to
be moving fast enough but those are mostly...more |
| Kolya Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| "I'm only a distant father," pleads confirmed bachelor Frantisek
Louka. "I meant to say a step-father." An ambulance driver is leaving
Louka's 5-year-old step-son Kolya with him, and Louka tries in vain not
to accept delivery. more |
| Kolya Review |
| by James Berardinelli |
| KOLYA
A film review by James Berardinelli
Copyright 1997 James Berardinelli more |
