The Idiot Returns (Czech: Návrat idiota; also released as Return of the Idiot) is a 1999 Czech film directed by Saša Gedeon. The movie is loosely based on The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky. It was the Czech Republic's submission to the 72nd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.
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Plot
František returns from a mental institution where he spent most of his life. He meets Anna, and later her lovers Emil and Robert, and her sister Olga.
Cast
Pavel Liška as František
Anna Geislerová as Anna
Tatiana Vilhelmová as Olga
Jiří Langmajer as Emil
Jiří Macháček as Robert
Zdena Hadrbolcová as Emil's and Robert's mother
Jitka Smutná as Anna and Olga's mother
Pavel Marek as Krtek
Anna Polívková as Girl at dancing lessons
Awards
1999 Czech Lion Award for Best Film
1999 Czech Lion Award for Best Screenplay - Saša Gedeon
1999 Czech Lion Award for Best Director - Saša Gedeon
1999 Czech Lion Award for Best Supporting Actress - Anna Geislerová
1999 Czech Lion Award for Best Music - Vladimír Godár
2000 Best Actress at Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema - Anna Geislerová and Tatiana Vilhelmová
2000 Best Screenplay at Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema - Saša Gedeon
1999 International Jury Award at São Paulo International Film Festival - Saša Gedeon