Jaroslav Papoušek
Series
Criterion collection volume 145
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
Czech
Description
In a small provincial town, arrangements and events surrounding the firemen's annual ball, honoring a retiring firechief, go wrong at every turn.
Series
Publisher
Filmove̓ Studio Barrandov
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Czech
Description
16-year-old Petr has just started his first job--patrolling for shoplifters in a grocery store. An unsure young man, he is now an agent of the established order, yet he looks on complacently when a stout woman steals some candy. His father, a part time bandmaster, is a petty dictator--Petr resists playing audience to his habitual old-school monologues. His father lacks any direction for the future and Petr is confused and adrift. The disappointments...