title: An Earthly Paradise for the Eyes
text: # 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.
  