Following the village comedy Slunce, seno, jahody (Sun, Hay and Strawberries, 1983) Zdeněk Troška went on to make the romantic drama Poklad hraběte Chamaré (The Treasure of Count Chamaré, 1984) and the fairytale O princezně Jasněnce a létajícím ševci (Princess Brightness and the Flying Shoemaker, 1987). Troška then returned to the Southern Bohemian village of Hoštice to make a sequel to his highly successful pastoral comedy. Slunce, seno a pár facek (Sun, Hay and Slaps, 1989) loosely continues with the story of its forerunner. The trilogy was completed with Slunce, seno, erotika (Sun, Hay and Erotic, 1991) but it was the second film in the sequence that elevated its creator into the select club of filmmakers who have satisfied the expectations of a mass audience. The plot, once again created by Troška and screenwriter Petr Markov, revolves around the wedding of Blažena Škopková, pregnant (since the first part of the series, i.e. six years ago in the viewer’s time) by her boyfriend Venca Konopník. However, Venca is falsely accused of also having fathered the child of flirtatious engineer Tejfarová. The wedding is called off and the families of the intended couple waste no time in bad-mouthing and denigrating each other. Not even a last-minute reconciliation between the two families can prevent the final all-out melee… Director Troška once again provided his audience with light, holiday entertainment in which greater room was given to the most popular characters from the earlier film, above all mother Škopková, unforgettably delivered by Helena Růžičková. Also enjoying their revived roles were Stanislav Tříska as Mrs Škopková’s husband, Veronika Kánská as their daughter, and Valerie Kaplanová as the grandmother. New characters in this sequel include Ms Tejfarová, played by Kateřina Lojdová and Dr Kroupa (Josef Stárek), who is ensnared by Mrs Škopková as a prospective replacement spouse for her daughter… The later films of Troška were known for their somewhat predictable casts with the director repeatedly employing tried and tested actors to satisfy popular demand. This makes the appearances of Jiřina Jirásková (civilised school director Ms Hubičková) and Jiří Lábus (animal husbandry specialist Béďa) in Sun, Hay and Slaps all the more surprising. In 1989, Troška had not yet sealed his reputation as a populist filmmaker ruining his audience’s tastes.
Blažena Škopková, an inhabitant of the South-Bohemian village of Hoštice, distributes her wedding notice. The old women malign that she is pregnant. In the Škopkas backyard, the resolute Mařenka fights with her old mother who is confined to a bed on wheels. An attractive woman engineer Gábina Tejfarová – once a local driving school instructor attended by all the village youngsters – returns to the village. In a pub, she shows a photo, of her daughter whose reported father is the animal caretaker Béďa, to the waitress Miluna. But Béďa is just about to marry the accountant Evička. As soon as Gábina leaves, he falsely accuses Venca Konopník, Blaženka's groom, of the paternity. The news then spread around the village with lightning speed and certainly does not bypass the Škopeks'. Mrs Škopková immediately calls off her daughter's wedding to Venca and tries to find a new groom for her. Brawls and willfulness break out between the Konopníks and the Škopkas. But Blažena and Venca reconcile after several days filled with hectic events and they finally marry in the town with the help of the fat Josef and the operator Václavka. Mother Škopková has meanwhile found a spare groom – the elderly doctor Kroupa. The Škopkas prepare a grandiose wedding but, right in front of the town hall, its participants are told that Blažena and Venca have already married. The tense situation is moreover inflamed by the arriving TV reporters and a director of the regional agricultural administration, Mr Plánička, and his wife. Gábina also appears and confirms that Béďa is the father of her child. The ensuing fight of everybody with everybody is secretly left by the newlyweds as well as the operator Václavka, while the latter woman takes Doctor Kroupa away with her.
The film Sun, Hay and Slaps is a free sequel of Troška´s film Sun, Hay, Strawberries (1983), freely follows film Sun, Hay, Erotic (1991).
ošetřovatelka Mařenka Škopková
Vladimír Škopek, Mařenčin muž
Blažena, dcera Škopkových
Jirka, syn Škopkových
babička Škopkových, Mařenčina matka
drbna Mařenka Kelišová zvaná Keliška/anděl
ošetřovatelka Vlasta Konopníková zvaná Konopnice
Konopník, Vlastin muž
instalatér Venca Konopník, Blaženin nastávající
účetní JZD Eva Pilátová zvaná Evík
servírka Miloslava Ratajová zvaná Miluna
živočichář Béďa
doktor MUDr. Kája Kroupa
Ing. Gábina Tejfarová, instruktorka autoškoly
tlustý Josef
farář Otík/archanděl Michael
Cecilka, farářova hospodyně/anděl
řídící Václavka Hubičková
předseda JZD Pepa Rádl
tajemník Mošna
hospodský Jaroušek
průvodčí Helenka
teta Anny
teta Růža
strýc Olda
bratranec Eda
strýc Vlastík
místní drbna
oddávající
Rádlová, předsedova žena
místní drbna/anděl
místní drbna/anděl
místní drbna/anděl
místní drbna/anděl
opilý soused
opilý soused
televizní reportérka
televizní kameraman
televizní režisér
televizní klapka
poustevník ve filmu
ředitel krajské zemědělské správy Plánička
Dášenka, Pláničkova druhá žena
kameraman na svatbě
televizní asistent
televizní kameraman
Kroupová, doktorova matka
zjevení ve filmu
Bernadetta ve filmu
císař ve filmu
sv. Sebastian ve filmu
lukostřelec ve filmu
vesničané
René Slauka
Oldřich Vlasák, Ivana Adamovská
Bohumil Kadlec, Jan Klíma, Martin Tlamicha, Rudolf Kinský, Jiří Dvořák
Zdeněk Barták, Dita Dudziková, Karel Charvát, Hana Kocourková, Jaroslav Klenot, Jiří Klenot, Marie Prchlíková, Helena Srstková, František Stupka, Jaroslav Šanda, Jaroslav Špáňa, Jaroslav Tomsa, Jaroslav Vlk
Václav Šeda, Miloš Ptáček, Přemysl Čermák, Petr Jahn
Pavlína Volrábová (klapka), Michal Fairaizl (fotograf), Jednotné zemědělské družstvo Dobrá Voda Hoštice u Volyně
Bedřich Smetana (Prodaná nevěsta /Věrné naše milování/), Bedřich Smetana (Prodaná nevěsta /Proč bychom se netěšili/), Antonín Dvořák (Rusalka /Květiny bílé po cestě/), Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (La Marseillaise), Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (Svatební pochod)
Orchestr Karla Vágnera (Music Conducted by Karel Vágner)
Song Composer Karel Vágner
Writer of Lyrics Petr Markov
Singer Stanislav Hložek
Song Composer Karel Vágner
Writer of Lyrics Pavel Žák
Singer Michal Penk
Song Composer Bedřich Smetana
Writer of Lyrics Karel Sabina
Singer Jiřina Jirásková
Song Composer lidová píseň
Singer Jiřina Jirásková
Song Composer Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
Writer of Lyrics Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
Singer Jiřina Jirásková
Song Composer Bedřich Smetana
Writer of Lyrics Karel Sabina
Singer sbor
Song Composer Miloslav Ducháč
Writer of Lyrics Vladimír Dvořák
Singer Jaroslava Kretschmerová
Song Composer Sebastian de Yradier
Slunce, seno a pár facek
Slunce, seno a pár facek
Sun, Hay and Slaps
film
featuretheatrical distribution
comedy, screwball comedy
Czechoslovakia
1989
1988
start of filming 12 July 1988
end of filming 1 September 1988
the first film copy approved 10 February 1989
projection approval 8 March 1989
withdrawal from distribution 1 October 1993
premiere 1 July 1989 /suitable for youths/
6. tvůrčí skupina, Jan Vild (vedoucí 6. tvůrčí skupiny)
feature film
128 min
3 605 meters
16mm, 35mm
1:1,37
colour
sound
mono
Czech
Czech, Italian
without subtitles
Czech
Event: Anketa Týdeníku Televize, TV Plus a České televize – Hrdina filmového úsměvu tisíciletí (nejoblíbenější postava české filmové veselohry)
2000
Praha / Czech Republic
Helena Růžičková
Festival: 11. festival české a slovenské veselohry Nové Město nad Metují
1989
Nové Město nad Metují / Czechoslovakia
Zdeněk Troška