Slunce, seno, jahody (Sun, hay, strawberries) is a Czech comedy film made in 1983, usually regarded as one of the classics of the Czech comedy industry. Written and directed by Zdeněk Troška, it was filmed and set in Hoštice, a small rural village in the Czech portion of the former Czechoslovakia. It is a play on the perceived stereotypes of daily life in a village community.
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Plot
A Czech agricultural student, Šimon Plánička, arrives at the small South Bohemian town of Hoštice, and joins the local JZD (agricultural co-op) with the intention of trying out his experiment regarding the "Milk yield of cows in regards to a cultured environment". He runs into difficulty with the directorship of the JZD, but he finds them eager to help once they hear he's the son of the local agricultural commissioner, as his last name is also Plánička. Blažena Škopková is given the task of finding out how things are looking. However everything is complicated by the jealousy of Blažena's boyfriend Venca.
Cast
Pavel Kikinčuk as student Šimon Plánička
Helena Růžičková as Mařena Škopková, Blažena's mother
Stanislav Tříska as Vladimír Škopek, Blažena's father
Arnoštka Červená as grandmother Škopková
Veronika Kánská as Blažena Škopková
Bronislav Černý as plumber Venca Konopník
Marie Pilátová as Vlasta Konopníková, Venca's mother
Václav Troška as Konopník, Venca's father
Petra Pyšová as waitress Miluna
Luděk Kopřiva as parish priest Otík
Vlastimila Vlková as priest's housekeeper Cecilka
Jiří Lábus as inseminator Béďa
Jiřina Jirásková as Václavka Hubičková
Pavel Vondruška as secretary Mošna
Miroslav Zounar as Chairman of the JZD Pepa Rádl
Jaroslava Kretschmerová as secretary of the JZD, nickname Evík
Marie Švecová as Mařenka Kelišová, nickname Keliška
Jiří Růžička as fat Josef