An Earthly Paradise for the Eyes
# An Earthly Paradise for the Eyes

An Earthly Paradise For The Eyes is an English title for the Czech comedy film Zemský ráj to na pohled, directed by Irena Pavlásková [cs] and released in 2009. It portrays the adventures of a dissident family and their friends while under observation by pro-Soviet secret police in Prague between 1968 and 1977, during the country's period of "normalization"—forced revocation of the legislation and customs of the reform period led by Alexander Dubček (1963/1967 – 1968).

## Cast

* Vilma Cibulková as Marta
* Miroslav Etzler as Mirek
* Igor Bareš
* Jiří Dvořák as Petr Hána
* Jan Hartl as Director Kovác
* Tereza Voříšková as Gábina
* Jan Zadražil as Tomás
* Ondřej Vetchý as Jan Pavel
* Dana Marková as Majda
* Barbora Seidlová as Lenka

## Awards

(From Czech Wikipedia article)

* Tereza Boučková's screenplay received in 2006 the first-prize Sazka Award for best unproduced screenplay.
* Tereza Voříšková was nominated for the Czech Lion Award 2009 in the category "best actress in a supporting role".
* The film won the critics award FIPRESCI at the Moscow Film Festival.
* Vilma Cibulková won the Moscow International Film Festival Award for best actress, for her role in this film.
