Fresh
When you understand its message, the film takes on a different level.
Marta Barber, Miami Herald
Up and Down
A comedy that makes you cry. A drama that makes you laugh.
2004 · 1h 48m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Jan Hřebejk
Overview
Milan and Goran are two criminals who smuggle illegal immigrants. One night after they complete a smuggle, they discover that one of the immigrants has left a baby behind. Milan and Goran decide to sell the baby to Lubos and Eman, who are responsible for running an illegal baby adoption center. Lubos and Eman make attempts to sell the baby to Miluska and Frantisek, a barren couple.
Director and cast
- Jan Hřebejk Director
- Jirí Machácek as Frantisek Fikes
- Petr Forman as Martin Horecký
- Jan Tříska as Professor Otakar Horecký
- Emília Vášáryová as Vera Horecká
- Nataša Burger as Miluska
- Ingrid Timková as Hana Svobodová
- Kristýna Boková as Lenka Horecká
- Pavel Liška as Eman
- Marek Daniel as Lubos
- Zdeněk Suchý as Goran
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
83%
Tomatometer
Fresh
For an engrossing, funny, sad, cautiously hopeful portrait of post-Soviet life in Eastern Europe, look no further than Up and Down.
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
Fresh
The movie asks us to see these people as humans and to forgive them for being human and doing to each other what humans beings do to each other. It's a deeply humane film.
Richard Nilsen, Arizona Republic
Fresh
Serious stuff, to be sure, but hilarious touches abound.
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post
Fresh
It manages the neat trick of being both charming and bilious, and its tart points about racism translate excellently into English.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
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