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Antonie
Antonie
Czech Republic, Slovakia, France / 90 min / Czech
Fiction
Antonie
Antonie
Czech Republic, Slovakia, France / 90 min / Czech
Fiction
Eternal slacker and stoner Anton is lost when left alone to care for his 3-year-old daughter in a small post-industrial town. Little by little Anton manages in what is to him the strange world of mothers and babies, and finally grows up. But there is still a long way to go to become a father.
When Anton, an eternal slacker and the father of 3-year old Antonie, gets fired from his job at the supermarket, his girlfriend Soňa decides to go to France to earn money for the family as a pole dancer. Left alone to take care of a little girl in a society where men don't usually take paternity leave, Anton becomes a subject of ridicule. With not much help around, the only support he gets is from the Roma family of his best friend Tibor. Slowly, while taking care of Antonie, he surprisingly finds the motivation he's always lacked in life. He gets back on his feet by dealing weed to mothers on maternity leave. This idyllic life is shattered when Anton's drunk stepfather cruelly remarks that Antonie isn't his daughter.
Dop / Šimon Dvořáček Set designer / Eliška Ouředníčková Sound / Adam Levý Writer / Rozálie Kohoutová
Completion date / December 2026