Year of the Devil

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

Year of the Devil (Czech: Rok ďábla) is a 2002 Czech 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 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 Prize Trieste at the Trieste Film Festival.

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