Expensive Father (2009)

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 26M

Director : Jan Těšitel
Writer : Štefan Titka, Jan Těšitel

Synopsis

Blackjack isn’t a difficult game so everyone thinks they can play it. My father was a typical example. He thought luck would come his way but he lost everything instead. And I need that money. I want to be something he never was. I can’t think of anything else but humiliating him. He had fifteen years to change There’s no other way.

Actors

Jiří Černý
Jiří Černý
Jan Novotný
Jan Novotný
Klára Krejsová
Klára Krejsová

Crews

Jan Těšitel
Jan Těšitel
Director
Štefan Titka
Štefan Titka
Screenplay
Jan Těšitel
Jan Těšitel
Screenplay
Marek Dvořák
Marek Dvořák
Director of Photography
Darina Moravčíková
Darina Moravčíková
Editor
Barbora Hovorková
Barbora Hovorková
Sound

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