A midlife crisis so Czech it stings — capitalism meets communist regret.
A 50-year-old foreign trade executive meets a 20-year-old student at a trade fair in Brno. The relationship triggers confrontational memories of his own youth and ideals...
Acting
Zaczyk's restrained collapse into his own past.
Direction
Balík's flashback structure blurs then and now.
Director
Jaroslav Balík
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Normalization, when Czech filmmakers smuggled dissent through intimate personal stories rather than overt politics. The 'foreign trade' setting was itself coded critique.
Stanisław Zaczyk was Polish, cast against type as the compromised Czech everyman — his subtle alienation apparently intentional.
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