

Tender Waves
2013-12-18 · 96 min · ★ 6.1
The congenial Vojta is bashful and his family is batty. His short-tempered father, who once failed to swim the English Channel, wants him to be a competing swimmer and his loving mother, a former child ice revue star, sees a talented pianist in her son. But Vojta has completely different priorities - most of all his red-haired classmate Ela, an enchanting synchronized swimmer who is leaving for Paris in November. If Vojta doesn't do something radical, and fast, Ela will disappear behind the Iron Curtain forever. The year is 1989.
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- Directors
- Jiří Vejdělek
- Production companies
- Universal Production Partners, Infinity, RWE
- Countries
- Czech Republic
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Tatiana PauhofováJohanka
Hynek ČermákJan
Robert CejnarVojta Hrdlička
Lucie ŠteflováEla
Jan MaršálVojta 12 year old
Natálie HalouzkováEla 12 year old
Jan Hartldoktor Lipský
Vojtěch DykAleš
Jan Budařpošták Dušan Beznoška
Václav KoptaTicháček
Taťjana MedveckáElina babička
Jakub NemčokGusta 12 year old
Lucie ČernáKlára
Barbora ČernáBára
Vica KerekesEla's mother
Martin Sittatělocvikář
Stanislav Zindulkaprofesor Volátko
Petra Lustigováprofesorka Tobolková
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