The City of the Sun

Country

Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic

Copyright

2005

Production year

2004

Runtime

95 min

Category

film

Genre

comedy, bitter comedy

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Sluneční stát

Czech title

Sluneční stát

English title

The City of the Sun

Parallel title

Slnečný štát

Summary

A film showing everything the current age in which we live can bring to and take from a person. Milan, Tomáš, Karel and Vinco – friends from an Ostrava factory – lose their jobs one day. Pride doesn’t permit them to stay unemployed for long and so they buy a used lorry to start up their own business. Yet their new life doesn’t come without complications – including problems with lack of money, with wives and loves, with raising children and with their own imperfections.

Crew and creators

Second Unit Director

Marek Juráček

Assistant Director

Martin Bárta

Screenplay

Marek Leščák, Martin Šulík, Alice Nellis /ž/ (spolupráce na scénáři), Radovan Lipus (překlad dialogů)

Dramaturg

Martin Novosad (ČT), Aleš Jurda (šéfdramaturg ČT Ostrava)

Director of Photography

Martin Štrba

Camera Operator

Karel Kaliban

Production Designer

František Lipták

Costume Designer

Katarína Hollá

Make-Up Artist

Anna Hroššová

Film Editor

Jiří Brožek

Sound Designer

Peter Mojžiš (design zvuku), Štěpán Mamula, Petr Lenděl

Stunt Coordinator

Petr Drozda

Executive Producer

Šárka Dvořáková

Co-producer

Martin Šulík (Titanic), Hana Bílá (šéfproducentka ČT Ostrava)

Production Manager

Hana Přidalová (ČT)

Music

Music Composed by

Vladimír Godár

Music Performed by

Andrej Šeban /kytara/, Martin Gašpar /baskytara/, Marcel Buntaj /bicí/, Stanislav Palúch /housle, klavír/, Miloslav Suchomel /saxofon/, Sisa Michalidesová /flétna/

Songs

Totale

Song Composer Radek Pastrňák
Writer of Lyrics Radek Pastrňák
Singer skupina Buty

Na na na na na

Song Composer Andrei Toader
Writer of Lyrics Andrei Toader
Singer skupina Buty

Born to Be Wild

Song Composer Mars Bonfire
Writer of Lyrics Mars Bonfire

Goofy Man

Song Composer Miloslav Suchomel

Zhasla lampa /La Bamba/

Song Composer tradicionál
Writer of Lyrics Marek Dohnal

Production info

Original Title

Sluneční stát

Czech Title

Sluneční stát

English Title

The City of the Sun

Parallel Title

Slnečný štát

Category

film

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

comedy, bitter comedy

Origin country

Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic

Copyright

2005

Production Year

2004

Production specifications

start of filming 09/2004
end of filming 10/2004

Premiere

gala premiere 19 April 2005 (multiplex CineStar, Ostrava)
premiere abroad 20 April 2005 (Bratislava, Slovensko)
distribution premiere 21 April 2005 /recommended for 15 and over/

Distribution slogan

Or the heroes of working class. A film about four friends and their failures in an endless string of successes.

Distribution

Cinemart, a. s.

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

95 min

Distribution carrier

35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,85

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

Dolby Digital

Versions

Czech, Slovak

Dialogue languages

Czech, Slovak

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech, Slovak

Awards

Vítěz

Festival: Festival Go-East

2006
Wiesbaden / Federal Republic of Germany
Cena poroty Mezinárodní federace filmového tisku (FIPRESCI)
Martin Šulík

Vítěz

Event: Slovenská nominace na Cenu americké Akademie filmových věd a umění Oscar 2005

2005
Bratislava / the Slovak Republic