Cutting It Short
Seen it?1981 | 93 min | Comedy
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who wants a laugh.
- The mood
- Light and funny.
- The pace
- Breezy, at 1 hr 33 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in another language, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Francin, manager of a small-town brewery, has a charming wife whose abundant blonde locks are an adornment to the town. Maryska looks ethereal but loves meat and beer, while Francin is an ascetic. The strict members of the brewery board of directors come to audit the accounts, but are diverted from concentrating on Francin's detailed reports by Maryska, who has organized a pig-killing feast and is ably assisting the butcher. When she invites the old curmudgeons on the board to enjoy the fresh pork, they are too happy to agree. Francin doesn't know whether he is going to get a permanent contract. To make things worse his brother Pepin - eccentric, noisy and garrulous - turns up on an indefinite visit.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 4K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Jiří Menzel
- Magda VášáryováMaryška
- Jiří Schmitzersprávce pivovaru Francin, Maryščin muž
- Jaromír HanzlíkPepin, Francinův bratr
- Rudolf HrušínskýMUDr. Gruntorád, předseda správní rady pivovaru
- Petr Čepekmistr kominický de Giorgi, člen správní rady
- Oldřich Vlachhoteliér Růžička
- František Řehákstatkář Vejvoda
- Miloslav Štibichkovář Bernádek
- Alois Liškutínředitel spořitelny Šefl
- Pavel Vondruškanotář Lustig