Kolya

...hjärtknipande drama om den notoriske ungkarlen Louka som får den femårige Kolya på halsen.

With politics a firm background and basis for the story (...), the story neatly juxtaposes the situation of the once-welcome Russians being ejected from Czechoslovakia with the growing bond between Czech bachelor and abandoned Russian boy.

...it has a cheerful, irreverent humor, and an eye for the absurdities of human behavior.

Director Sverak elicits a sturdy performance from his actor father, but, more importantly, he draws the viewer subtly into the perspectives of both the child and his new guardian...