
The Gnome
Comedy
Overview
A tragicomedy full of slapstick and vignettes, and even an unexpected shootout. A family of villagers moves up in the world - to the county seat. Dad works as a butcher at a meatpacking plant, mom is a checker at a supermarket. The daughter is at odds with her homeroom teacher, while the son - a vegetarian, anarchist, and avid pothead - is apprenticing as a butcher to please his father. The kid's in hot water with both his forewoman and the police. But dad isn't much of an example, letting himself be tempted by the charms of a lovely young butcher. However much mom tries - visiting the beauty parlor, her psychologist, or even the confessional - her husband shows his interest by moving out. Mom plots revenge. And somehow an imp gets mixed up in it all
Top Cast


Eva Holubová
Eva Holubová
Mother
Eva Holubová
Mother


Bolek Polívka
Bolek Polívka
Father
Bolek Polívka
Father
Anna Marhoulová
Anna Marhoulová
Daughter
Anna Marhoulová
Daughter


Tomáš Vorel
Tomáš Vorel
Son
Tomáš Vorel
Son


Marika Procházková
Marika Procházková
Butcher-lover
Marika Procházková
Butcher-lover


Jiří Macháček
Jiří Macháček
Butcher-biker
Jiří Macháček
Butcher-biker


Ivana Chýlková
Ivana Chýlková
Forewoman
Ivana Chýlková
Forewoman


Tomáš Hanák
Tomáš Hanák
Mathematician
Tomáš Hanák
Mathematician
Daniela Valešová
Daniela Valešová
Daniela Valešová
Hoang Do Duy
Hoang Do Duy
Hoang Do Duy
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