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type
Movie
language
Czech
duration
103 min
genre
comedy
theme
high school
director
Jan Svěrák
Score
5 / 10

Empties is a 2007 film directed by Jan Svěrák and written by his father Zdeněk Svěrák, who also stars in the film. It was released first in the Czech Republic in March 2007. The film is a comedy from the same team which made Kolya.

Plot

Josef Tkaloun is an elderly teacher at a high school in Prague who cannot control his anger when his pupils misbehave in his poetry class. He quits his job and despite his wife urging him to retire, becomes a cycle courier. After an inevitable accident, he still refuses to stay at home and takes a job in the local Žižkov supermarket. He works behind a counter, recycling glass beer bottles. There he begins to flirt with the customers and matchmake both for an old friend and for the man he works with. His own flirtations (and sexually charged dreams) almost get him into trouble with his wife, so he resolves to reignite the passion in his marriage by celebrating his wedding anniversary with a hot air balloon ride. The scary balloon ride, ending in crash, revitalizes the relationship.

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    author
    contentLocation Prague
    director Jan Svěrák
    editor Alois Fišárek
    events marriage old age retired romantic love
    genre comedy
    keywords beer bottle hot air balloon matchmake old friend recycle wedding anniversary žižkov
    musicBy Ondřej Soukup
    nomination Polish Academy Award for Best European Film
    producer Eric Abraham Jan Svěrák
    productionCompany Biograf Jan Sverak
    publisher Icon Productions
    recordedAt Prague
    theme high school