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Home Care (film)

Home Care
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Directed by Slávek Horák
Produced by Slávek Horák
Tomas Rotnagi
Written by Slávek Horák
Starring Alena Mihulová
Cinematography Jan Šťastný
Edited by Vladimír Barák
Production
company
TVORBA films
Distributed by A-Company Czech s.r.o.
Release date
  • 5 July 2015 (2015-07-05)
Running time
92 minutes
Country Czech Republic
Slovakia
Language Czech

Home Care (Czech: Domácí péče) is a 2015 Czech-Slovak drama film directed by Slávek Horák. The film was selected as the Czech entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.

Vlasta is a home nurse who selflessly lives in the countryside in South Moravia for her patients, her husband and her daughter Lada. But one day their lives drastically changed when Vlasta yourself sick and help from outside is needed. Through the daughter of one of her patients, she is trying alternative medicine, much to the dismay of her husband who has little confidence in it.

Mihulová received the Czech Lion award for Best Actress in a Starring Role. The film had eight other nominations for the Czech Lions (the country's top film and television awards).

At the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, Mihulová was conferred the award for best actress.

She also won the Fipresci Prize for Best Actress of the Year in a Foreign Language Film at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.


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