The Snake Brothers (, literally Cobras and Grass Snakes) is a 2015 Czech crime drama film directed by Jan Pruà ¡inovský. The film is set in a small Czech town Kralupy nad Vltavou in central Bohemia, Czech Republic.
The film has received generally positive reviews. It holds 74% at Kinobox, a Czech film review aggregator.
The Screenplay was awarded by Film foundation in 2011.
The film won Best Actor Award at 2015 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival for Kryà ¡tof Hádek. Kryà ¡tof noted that the award belongs to his brother MatÃÂj too.
In March 2016 the film won the Czech Lion prize for best film. It also won in the categories of Best Director (Jan Pruà ¡inovský), Best Cinematography (Petr Koblovský), Best Actor (MatÃÂj Hádek) and Best Actor and Actress in supporting roles (Kryà ¡tof Hádek and Lucie à ½Ã¡ÃÂková). It also won two non-statutory prizes for Best Poster Award and the Prize of film fans. It did not win another 6 nominations (best screenplay, editing, sound, set design, costumes and masks).