The Idiot Returns
The Idiot Returns is a 1999 Czech film directed by Saša Gedeon. The movie is loosely based on The [Idiot (novel)|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.
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