Where to Watch Cutting it Short (1981) in the US

What it's about

Francin (Jirí Schmitzer), manager of a small-town brewery, has a charming wife whose abundant blonde locks are an adornment to the town. Maryska (Magda Vášáryová) looks ethereal but loves meat and beer, while Francin is an ascetic. The strict members of the brewery board of directors come to audit the accounts, but are diverted from concentrating on Francin's detailed reports by Maryska, who has organized a pig-killing feast and is ably assisting the butcher. When she invites the old curmudgeons on the board to enjoy the fresh pork, they are too happy to agree. Francin doesn't know whether he is going to get a permanent contract. To make things worse his brother Pepin (Jaromír Hanzlík) - eccentric, noisy and garrulous - turns up on an indefinite visit.

Cast and crew

Director

Jirí Menzel

Writer

Bohumil Hrabal, Jirí Menzel

Starring

Magda Vásáryová, Jirí Schmitzer, Jaromír Hanzlík

Details

Release date

Oct 1, 1983

Language

Czech

Country

Czechoslovakia

Awards

1 win & 2 nominations total

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