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Kolya
MEANRANK
82/100
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Letterboxd on 76, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 96. Critics average 96, everyone else 80.
See the most agreed on films →After a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant, Cellisten Louka, a Czech man, must suddenly take responsibility for her son. However, it’s not long before the communication barrier is broken between the two new family members.
Details
- Director
- Jan Svěrák
- Writers
- Pavel Taussig, Zdeněk Svěrák
- Released
- 15 May 1996
- Country
- Czech Republic, United Kingdom, France
- Language
- Czech
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Budget
- $1.0M
- Box office
- $7.6M
- Awards
- 3 wins, 6 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 9 →2 major awards won · 3 wins from 9 nominations across 7 ceremonies
| 69th Academy Awards 1997 | Best International Feature Film | Winner | |
| Golden Globe Award 1997 | Best Non-English Language Film | Winner | |
| BAFTA Award 1997 | Best Film Not in the English Language | Nominee | |
| International Submission to the Academy Awards 1997 | International Submission to the Academy Awards | Czech Republic | Nominee |
| Czech Lion 1997 | Best Film | Winner | |
| Satellite Award 1997 | Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee | |
| 9th European Film Awards 1996 | Best Film | Portobello Pictures | Nominee |
| 9th European Film Awards 1996 | Best Film | Biograf Jan Svěrák | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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9 awards — Kolya
×| Best International Feature Film | Winner |
| Best Non-English Language Film | Winner |
| Best Film Not in the English Language | Nominee |
| International Submission to the Academy Awards | Czech Republic | Nominee |
| Best Film | Winner |
| Best Film | Portobello Pictures | Nominee |
| Best Film | Biograf Jan Svěrák | Nominee |
| Best Film | Jan Svěrák | Nominee |
| Best Foreign Language Film | Nominee |