Good Mr. Benda

Good Mr. Benda was released on February 7, 2019.

Good Mr. Benda was directed by Pavel Jurda.

Good Mr. Benda has a runtime of 76m.

Good Mr. Benda was produced by Jiří Konečný, Petr Kubica, Martin Polák.

A sensitive portrait of grandfather Miroslav Benda, a tried and true Sokol member and an ordinary man with extraordinary vigor and ideals, revealing a story of human resilience and optimism through nostalgia and situational comedy. The film is a kind of observational documentary - it includes family videos and archival film material. We’re drawn into the microcosm of the village of Křenovice u Slavkova by two Japanese women who have decided to visit Benda, thanks to his long friendship with a university professor from Tokyo. Together with Benda, the audience travels to the only Japanese gas station in Europe, to Prague’s Strahov Stadium, and to New York to visit American Sokol members.

The key characters in Good Mr. Benda are Himself (Miroslav Benda).

Good Mr. Benda is a Documentary film.