a limited release in the United States from 24 January 1997 and had taken about $5.73 million by 11 July that year after an opening weekend gross on three screens of $37,795. Awards Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film Czech Lion Best Film Best Director (Jan Svěrák) Best Actress (Libuše Šafránková) Best Supporting Actor (Andrey Khalimon) Best Screenplay (Zdeněk Svěrák) Best Editing (Alois Fišárek) Tokyo Sakura Grand Prix See also List of submissions to the 69th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film List of Czech submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film References External links 1996 drama films 1996 films Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award winners Best Foreign Language Film Golden Globe winners Czech Lion Awards winners (films) 1990s Czech-language films 1990s Russian-language films Slovak-language films Czech Republic–Russia relations Films about cellos and cellists Films about children Films directed by Jan Svěrák Films set in Czechoslovakia Films set in Prague Films set in the 1980s Films with screenplays by Zdeněk Svěrák 1996 multilingual films Czech multilingual films