Writing in VL-9/97, K. Lee Benson said: "Czech director Jan Sverak and his father, Zdenek, make an Oscar-winning combination in this sublimely charming film starring Zdenek as a womanizing bachelor and professional cellist whose run-ins with authorities have relegated him to playing funerals. He agrees to a paper marriage with a young Russian woman, but she promptly leaves him for a lover in Germany, leaving behind her six-year-old son. How the two form an inseparable bond will blessedly erase all memories of such treacle as Three Men and a Baby. This Academy Award-winner for Best Foreign Film will, in the words of Ben Hecht, 'make a little holiday in your heart.'" Debuting on DVD, Kolya features the to-be-expected (for a 1996 film) pristine visual and audio qualities, as well as a charming 21-minute "making of," with lots of on-the-set footage of that cute kid. Highly recommended. (R. Pitman)
Kolya
Miramax, 105 min., in Czech w/English subtitles, PG-13, DVD: $19.99 Volume 17, Issue 5
Kolya
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