Grapes

Grapes

90 mins | Comedy | March 27, 2008

This unofficial Czech remake of Alexander Payne's blockbuster seriocomedy Sideways (2004) concerns Jirka and Honza, two friends who check in as complete opposites on every level; Honza is a polished urbanite, Jirka a nickel-and-dime crook with a flair for wooing women. The men's friendship is characterized by an unending series of wild schemes and escapades. When Honza learns of his grandfather's impending death, it brings him face-to-face with his own mortality and encourages him to fulfill his long-held dream, while he still has the opportunity: to embark on a dream vacation to the vineyards of Morovia, with buddy Jirka in tow.

Grapes

90 mins | Comedy | March 27, 2008

Grapes
This unofficial Czech remake of Alexander Payne's blockbuster seriocomedy Sideways (2004) concerns Jirka and Honza, two friends who check in as complete opposites on every level; Honza is a polished urbanite, Jirka a nickel-and-dime crook with a flair for wooing women. The men's friendship is characterized by an unending series of wild schemes and escapades. When Honza learns of his grandfather's impending death, it brings him face-to-face with his own mortality and encourages him to fulfill his long-held dream, while he still has the opportunity: to embark on a dream vacation to the vineyards of Morovia, with buddy Jirka in tow.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers TV Nova, U.F.O. Pictures
Original title Bobule
Directors Tomáš Bařina
Writers Rudolf Merkner, Tomáš Bařina

Cast

Kryštof Hádek

as Honza

Tereza Ramba

as Klárka

Lubomír Lipský

as děda Adámek

Václav Postránecký

as Michalica

Jiří Bábek

as pražský policajt

Tomáš Matonoha

as Kája

Lucie Benešová

as Markétka

Kamil Švejda

as pražský policajt

Robert Jašków

as Mácha

Miroslav Táborský

as Kozderka

Jan Skopeček

as pán s kolem

Olga Schmidtová

as babička

Marian Roden

as František

Claudia Vašeková

as zájemkyně o byt

Ctirad Götz

as poslanec Bouček

Mario Kubaš

as Pepa

Martin Sitta

as Jozífek

Renáta Kubišová

as Málková

Radim Novák

as moravský policajt

Marcela Holubcová

as Honzíkova maminka

Vladimíra Erbová

as Boučkova sekretářka

Eva Janoušková

as kurátorka Lenka

David Strnad

as malý Honzík

Václav Legner

as zájemce o byt