Sitting On A Branch I Am Fine is a tragi-comedy set in Slovakia at the end of WWII and just before the coming of the communist regime.
In the aftermath of WWII, two happy-go-lucky wanderers, Pepe (Bolek Polívka) and Prengel (Ondřej Pavelka), befriend each other and embark on a crazy adventure after they find gold and jewellery hidden inside a bicycle frame. They set up shop as bakers in an old mansion, which formerly belonged to a wealthy Jew, and both fall for a beautiful woman Esther (Markéta Hrubešová) who turns up on their doorstep. They set up house and try to stay afloat in the crazy, anarchic make-do of the times, just as the Communists come to town. The monstrosity of the 1950’s is represented by a fanatic young communist, Želmíra, who turns their world upside-down.
This film was made and released in 1989, just before the overthrow of communism in Czechoslovakia, making it all the more daring and remarkable.
