Long Live The Family!

– Libor, a former teacher, enjoys a well-paid position as a bank manager, living in a luxurious villa ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.80 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 46 Minutes
Release Year:
2011
Original Name:
Rodina je základ státu
Long Live the Family! (2011) - Also known as Rodina je základ státu

Libor, a former teacher, enjoys a well-paid position as a bank manager, living in a luxurious villa outside Prague. His business partners are taken into custody and the authorities have a few questions for him to answer. Rather than wait around, he decides to take off to Moravia with his wife and two children. In the process, he pretends that everything is normal, rediscovers the value of family life, meets up with a former colleague lost in provincial obscurity, and becomes the object of a manhunt. Libor is not a criminal type, merely someone who signs cheques and is drawn into a business world failing to recognise its own criminality (he doesn’t even flee the country).

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Release Date:

13 Oct 2011

Language:

Czech

Director:

Robert Sedlácek

Writer:

Robert Sedlácek

Main Actors:

Simona Babcáková, Jan Budar, Igor Chmela, Marek Daniel

Plot:

Thirty-year-old Libor (Igor Chmela) is the father of two children, a former teacher, now a senior bank executive whose company went bankrupt because fraud by the managers was uncovered. The investigators offer to plea bargain in exchange for Libor's cooperation, and also suggest what all they know about him. Apparently there is plenty for a prison sentence. Libor takes time to reflect and convinces his wife to go away for a few days. Is he fleeing from justice, or does he merely want to delay the moment of truth, when he tells his wife he will have to go to jail? Or is there something else going on entirely?

Awards:

6 nominations.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.8/10