Czechoslovakia

The great Czech director Jiri Menzel, best known for “Closely Watched Trains,” which won the 1967 Best Foreign Language Oscar, scored another Oscar nomination for “My Sweet Little Village,” a serio-comic, charming chronicle, perhaps too episodic account of the daily life of a small village.

As always Menzel treats his material with humanistic wit and whimsy.

Oscar Nominations: 1

Foreign-Language Film

Oscar Award: 1

Oscar Context:

The other nominees in 1986 were “The Assault”  from Holland, which won, “Betty Blue” from France, “The Decline of the American Empire” from Canada, “38” from Austria.