Orange Boy

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1975

Production year

1975

Premiere

6 February 1976

Runtime

93 min

Director

Václav Matějka

Genre

narrative, psychological

Typology

featurelong

Original title

Pomerančový kluk

Czech title

Pomerančový kluk

English title

Orange Boy

Working Title

Druhý dech

Summary

This 1975 drama from director Václav Matějka tells the story of a turbulent relationship between a mother and son. Lead character Petr is released from a correctional institute, where the young delinquent trained to become a cabinet maker. The young man moves back to living with his waitress mother and tries to build a new life. However, Petr disapproves of, and cannot live with, his mother’s second marriage. Fortunately, he is prevented from going off the rails by a group of workers building a new apartment complex... Matějka also served as the screenwriter of this narrative, fulfilling the ideological viewpoint of the time which emphasised how hard work can set right young offenders. Otakar Brousek Jr., takes the lead role, while Karolina Slunéčková portrays Petr’s mother. Her new partner is played by Josef Somr. Vladimír Menšík offers a strong performance as Petr's paternalistic boss Rána.

Synopsis

A quarrel between divorced waitress Mája and her fifteen-year-old son Petr ends with the boy physically attacking his mother, and he is sent to an institution for juvenile delinquents. Over three years Petr successfully trains and qualifies as a carpenter, but consistently refuses to see his mother. Nonetheless, the experienced director Janeš hopes that Petr will manage to make a new life for himself with his mother. Petr is now of age and returns to Prague. He doesn't hit it off with his mother's lover Šáňo, even though the still attractive Mája is very keen for the two to be friends. Petr starts working on the building site of a new housing estate in Foreman Rána's team. He works well, and when after a time he confesses to Rána that he has spent years in an institution, he finds that the foreman knew about it from the beginning. Petr's relations with his mother are marred by constant disputes. He is resentful that his mother's lover, who has promised her marriage, always takes precedence over him. At a works party Petr gets together with Rána's daughter Vendula. As a father the foreman isn't so liberal; at first he tries to stop the relationship but later he apologizes to Petr. While Petr is working in a new flat the future tenant arrives - it is Šáňo with a wife and children. Petr tells him what he thinks of him, but Mája later accuses Petr of interfering in her private life and the break seems to be final. Full of anger, the young man goes to see Janeš, who tries to get him to be more tolerant, explaining that his mother is afraid of growing old alone. Mája comes to see Petr to explain herself properly. She goes home alone, but she hopes that her son will come back to her in the end.

Photos

zpěvák

D. Nikendysová

zpěvačka

Antonín Samler

Jaroslava Tichá

Jarmila

Dubbing

Otakar Brousek

hlas psychologa

Crew and creators

Director

Václav Matějka

Second Unit Director

Jiří Růžička st.

Assistant Director

Roman Pavlíček, Jaroslava Čapková

Set Designer

Jaroslav Česal, Karel Kočí, Stanislav Krejča

Costume Designer

Marta Kaplerová

Costumes

Petra Barochová

Make-Up Artist

František Čížek

Film Editor

Josef Valušiak

Sound Designer

Jiří Pavlík

Production Manager

Jan Balzer

Unit Production Manager

Mach Oldřich (výroba), Zdeňka Černá

Unit Production Manager

Jana Fischerová

Consultant

Zdeněk Mičulka

Cooperation

Helena Matušková, Miloslav Mirvald, Josef Kraus

Music

Music Composed by

Martin Kratochvíl

Music Performed by

FISYO, Jazz Q

Music Conducted by

František Belfín (FISYO), Martin Kratochvíl (Jazz Q)

Songs

Mám kopec smůly, Široký, hluboký, ty vltavský tůně, Stavěli tesaři zedníkům lešení, Na Vlachovce /Padla facka na sále/, Týdny letí

Songwriter

Martin Kratochvíl (Mám kopec smůly), Arnošt Mošna (Na Vlachovce /Padla facka na sále/)

Writer of Lyrics

Vladimír Merta (Mám kopec smůly), Jan Korda (Na Vlachovce /Padla facka na sále/)

Singer

Otakar Brousek ml. (Mám kopec smůly), Vladimír Menšík (Široký, hluboký, ty vltavský tůně), Karel Augusta (Široký, hluboký, ty vltavský tůně), Lenka Kořínková (Široký, hluboký, ty vltavský tůně), Otakar Brousek ml. (Široký, hluboký, ty vltavský tůně), Jiří Wohanka (Široký, hluboký, ty vltavský tůně), Lubomír Kostelka (Široký, hluboký, ty vltavský tůně), V. Křeček (Stavěli tesaři zedníkům lešení), D. Nikendysová (Stavěli tesaři zedníkům lešení), V. Křeček (Na Vlachovce /Padla facka na sále/), Lenka Filipová (Týdny letí)

Production info

Original Title

Pomerančový kluk

English Title

Orange Boy

Working Title

Druhý dech

Typology

feature

Genre

narrative, psychological

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1975

Production Year

1975

Premiere

6 February 1976

Production

Filmové studio Barrandov

Copyright Holders

Státní fond kinematografie

Distribution

Ústřední půjčovna filmů

Creative Group

Karel Cop

Sales

Národní filmový archiv, Obchodní oddělení

Technical info

Lenght

long

Runtime

93 min

Versions

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Cast

Svatava Šanovcová

Martin Podhajský

Regina Lodrová

T. Kosař

Jan Peterka

P. Truneček

R. Kopecký

J. Stehlík

L. Forejt

S. Ledvina

V. Liška

V. Neshyba

J. Pokorný

J. Pomezný

Jan Šimek

K. Vlček

Roman Vychodil

Jiří Poledne

A. Sivák

V. Křeček

D. Nikendysová

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