Summary
Children’s film specialist Ota Koval adapted his modern fairytale Modré z nebe (1983) from a Hungarian writer Béla Balázs' children's story Az igazi égszinkék (Real Azure Blue). The main character is 10-year-old Tomáš Lorenc who finds that poverty is hampering his great passion – drawing. His mother lacks the money to pay for the blue colour he needs to finish a drawing for school. Fortunately, our needy hero can still rely on his ability to dream to compensate for life’s deprivations. In his imagination Tomáš uses a magic paint and, moreover, experiences a series of lively adventures with the beautiful Sylva, whom he eventually meets in real life. This poetic film uses the natural charm of non-professional child actor Martin Filip to good effect. The parts of the grown-ups were played by experienced actors including Josef Somr, Jiří Kodet and Jan Hartl.
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