The senior romance had a strong opening on the weekend of 15 April, with 12,500 admissions in three days, putting it in fourth place. Oldies But Goldies was produced by Jaroslav Boucek for BUC-Film (www.budfilm.cz) and coproduced by Czech TV (www.ceskatelevize.cz) and Barrandov film studio (www.barrandov.cz), with financial support by the Czech Film Fund (www.mkcr.cz). It is distributed in the Czech Republic by Falcon (www.falcon.cz).
The film about an elderly man who finally gathers the courage to ask out an older actress stars Jiřina Bohdalová and Radoslav Brzobohatý with a supporting cast of internationally recognized Czech actors.
Strach, who began his film career as a child actor, has established himself as a solid TV director. Oldies But Goldies is only his second theatrical feature film.
Contact information:
BUC-FILM
Čs.
armády 405/8
16000 Praha 6
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 251 819 441
Cast and crew:
Director: Jiri Strach
DoP: Martin Sec
Script: Marek Epstein
Cast: Jiřina Bohdalová, Radoslav Brzobohatý, Ivan Trojan, Lenka Vlasáková, Jiřina Jirásková, Aňa Geislerová, Taťjána Medvecká, Viktor Preiss, Josef Somr, Tatiana Vilhelmová.