Empties

Original movie title:
VRATNE LAHVE
Country:        
Češka, UK 2007., 100 min
Director:
Jan Sverák
Cast:
Zdenek Sverák, Tatiana Vilhelmová, Daniela Kolárová

Awards:
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2007
- audience award


- special mention for the screenplay (Zdenek Sverák)
Czech Lion Awards 2007 - best director, best screenplay, audience award
Cottbus Film Festival of Young East European Cinema 2007 - audience award

Summary:

The protagonist, Josef, resigns from his position as a teacher and takes a job accepting returned glass bottles in a supermarket. Complications ensue. Josef isn't exactly an ideal worker, but he does establish a rapport with his fellow employees and with some of the customers. Josef is married, but he and his wife are tired of each other. Josef and his wife are both contemplating adultery, although that's not as easy for them as it might sound. ’Empties’ / ‘Vratne Lahve’ is a comedy, but one with a sad and bitter undertone. Everyone is looking for love, romance, and understanding, but mostly they're looking in the wrong places.

Biography

A new film of Czech tandem, father screenwriter Zdenek Sverák and son director Jan Sverák best known after Oscar winning ‘Kolja’ from 1996. Their movie ‘Obecna skola’ from 1991 received Academy Award nomination in a Foreign Language Film category. Together they made the most expensive Czech movie ‘Akumulator 1’ from 1994.

09.07., Wednesday, 21.00, BARGE ON DANUBE

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