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Director
Martin Ryšavý
Original idea
Katarína Geyerová Buchanan ...
Producer
Miloslav Doležal
Production company
Mild Production
Director of photography
Jan Procházka ...
Editor
Katarína Geyerová Buchanan
IDF Events
2009 East Silver
Financial Support
State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography

Bananas Kids

Banánové děti, Czech Republic, 2009, 67 min, DVD, Human Rights, Social Issues

Synopsis Credits Languages Production Distribution IDF Events Financial support Photogallery

The main theme is based on comparisons of life stories of several child heroes, or several Vietnamese families settled in the Czech Republic. Whereas the adults spend most of their time working, speak badly Czech and feel homesick, their kids learn Czech at school, become accustomed to Czech environment more quickly, speak Czech better than Vietnamese and have only a weak relation to their country. Vietnamese kids then begin a common part of children collective in the Czech Republic. In general the film mainly shows a life of people from two very different cultures and the pace of assimilation processes with an emphasis on expressing the differences in traditional ways of family common life and comparing value scales.

Director:

Martin Ryšavý

Producer:

Miloslav Doležal

Executive producer:

Šárka Martínková

Original idea:

Šárka Martínková, Katarína Geyerová Buchanan, Martin Ryšavý

Screenplay:

Šárka Martínková, Katarína Geyerová Buchanan, Martin Ryšavý

Director of photography:

Jan Procházka, Martin Ryšavý