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
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Demaquillage
Fairyocious
Boys On Film Presents: Campfire
No Goodbyes
In The Woods We Can Be Together
Dad... Be and Will Not Disappear
Follow Me
Inocentes
Grace Estrela
What the Water Gave Us
Sister Wives
Happy-Go-Lucky Days
The Confession
Marble Ass
What Grown-Ups Know
Out
In the Name of the Father
Sergeant Garcia
Close The Last Door
Days of August