Champions
Overview
Ice hockey is a Czech national obsession, and the country's victory over Russia in the 1969 World Championships, the year following the Soviet invasion, is a celebrated moment in its history. In Marek Najbrt's black comedy, the heroic exploits take place only on a black and white tv screen as a group of representative misfits gather and watch the game in a desolate village on the Czech border. While consisting of recognisable types, Najbrt's bleak portrait reveals a world of alcoholism, debt, racism, bigotry, and infidelity that trails behind the dreams of nationalism and bears little resemblance to the fantasies of the new consumerism. A clever and multi-levelled film, it provides a sharp antidote to the reconciliatory charms of the conventional Czech comedy.
Release date
01/04/2004
Votes
4
Popularity
0.8
Original Soundtrack
Loading soundtrack videos…
In a Year with 13 Moons
Fantasy on the Shore
The Male Gaze: Three's Company
Anytime You're Feeling Lonely
Victim
What Did You Eat Yesterday? New Year's Special 2020
Neon Purple
Only You
Pardes
Spider Lilies
A Male
Four Fifty Five mL
Demons at Dawn
Trash Mountain
The Matthew Shepard Story
Eternal Memories
From Beginning to End
What Happens at Sea
Mia Mio
Between the Boys