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This film is the last in a trilogy from director Jan Sverak and screenwriter/actor Zdenek Sverak. The trilogy began with The Elementary School, exploring childhood, continued into adulthood with Academy-award-winning Kolya, and now comes to completion with this comic love story about men facing old age.
Czech literature teacher Josef Tkaloun, who is past retirement age, realises one day that he no longer understands his pupils, and so he quits... dramatically. What he does not predict is that in doing this he will lose his sense of place in society. He finds himself isolated in his city flat with only his wife Eliska for company.
Unsure how to deal with this new situation, Josef tries to find a way out. After a few vain attempts at finding a decent job he accepts a position at a refundable bottles counter in the local supermarket. In this seemingly inhospitable place, he solves what had been the root of his unhappiness. Surrounded by characterful people and at the centre of a city community, Josef finally finds his way back to his own wife.
This love story dramatises the formidable moments in life, but its humour avoids sentiment in the style of a traditional Czech bitter-sweet comedy.
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SCRIPTWRITER |
Zdeněk Svěrák |
DIRECTOR |
Jan Svěrák |
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY |
Vladimír Smutný |
MUSIC |
Ondřej Soukup |
EDITOR |
Alois Fišárek |
SOUND DESIGNER |
Jakub Čech Pavel Rejholec |
PRODUCED BY |
Eric Abraham Jan Svěrák |
STARRING |
Ondřej Vetchý Zdeněk Svěrák Daniela Kolářová Tatiana Vilhelmová Jiří Macháček Pavel Landovský Jan Budař Nela Boudová Miroslav Táborský Věra Tichánková Jana Plodková Robin Soudek Martin Pechlát Božidara Turzonovová Jan Vlasák |
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