Year of the Devil

Year of the Devil
Year of the Devil
Directed by	Petr Zelenka
Written by	Petr Zelenka
Produced by	Pavel Strnad
Starring	Jaromír Nohavica,; Karel Plíhal,; ,; & Čechomor,; Jaz Coleman,;
Edited by	David Charap
Music by	Jaromír Nohavica,; Čechomor,; Karel Holas
Production; company	Negativ
Release date	2002
Running time	88 minutes
Country	Czech Republic
Languages	Czech; English; Dutch

Year of the Devil (Czech: Rok ďábla) is a 2002 Czech mockumentary film directed by Petr Zelenka. It stars musicians who act as themselves: Czech folk music band Čechomor, musicians and poets Jaromír Nohavica, Karel Plihal and British musician and composer Jaz Coleman. The soundtrack also includes two pieces by the Killing Joke: Frenzy and Exorcism.

Plot[]

Dutch documentary film director, Jan Holman, goes to the Czech Republic to make a film about curing alcoholism. At an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting he finds a man named Jaromir Nohavica who becomes his friend. Another friend of Nohavica, Karel Plihal, becomes mute, and Nohavica decides to start a tour with the band Čechomor to help cure him. When Jan Holman follows with his camera in tow, he finds many inexplicable events along the way.

Awards and nominations[]

It was awarded the Crystal Globe at the 37th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and won the Findling Award and the FIPRESCI Prize at the Cottbus Film Festival of Young East European Cinema in 2002. In 2003 it won 6 Czech Lions, including Best Film, Best Director, Best Editing, and was nominated for 5 more, including Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography. In the same year it won the at the Trieste Film Festival.

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