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A tragicomic story of a youthful seventy-five-year-old man, an eternal dreamer and joker who behaves very differently from his beloved yet worrying wife: he refuses to reconcile himself to living as an old man resignedly preparing himself for death. Instead, he has chosen to live life as a never-ending challenge, and thus each new day brings a wonderful opportunity for new adventure. His faithful friend from the operetta helps him inject a bit of theater into his world and in this way to fulfill his longtime dreams. Just as convincingly our hero manages to enact various roles: as a ticket inspector, a mountain climber, a philanthropist, and as an emeritus member of the Metropolitan Opera who decides to buy a palace. In a number of richly comic situations full of both gentle and black humor he daily defends his carefree and independent ways to his wife, and amply demonstrates the ART OF LIVING.
HD | 98' | © 2001
director(s): Vladimír Michálek
producer(s): Czech Television, BUC-FILM, BKP Film
scriptwriter(s): Jiří Hubač
director of photography: Martin Štrba
cast: Vlastimil Brodský, Stella Zázvorková, Stanislav Zindulka, Ondřej Vetchý, Zita Kabátová, Petra Špalková, Jiří Lábus, Simona Stašová, and others
rights available: TV, Video, Internet, Theatrical
original language: Czech
subtitles available: English
other data: Festival Award: Roxanne T. Mueller Award – International Film Festival Cleveland 2002 / Audience CHoice Award: Best of Fest Feature - St.Louis International Film Festival 2002 / Prize for the best forign film - US. Comedy Arts Festival, Aspen 2003