At 38, Thomas is at a crossroads in his life. His parents are nonstop guilt-inducers, his ex-wife is always on his back, and his son is far from inspirational. Thomas himself is almost too intellectual to survive daily life. The attentions of a straightforward English teacher seem to be a way out.
Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
1969 Won Grand Prize
Dusan Hanák
A government official in Czechoslovakia mistakenly believes he has cancer. He reasons his involvement in clandestine activities during the Stalin administration have fated him to die from a dreaded disease. He searches for inner peace as he feels the guilt o...
A story of a young student of medicine, who arrives in a small mountain village after being accused for carrying out illegal abortion. The film reflects the moral decline of the society, where stealing in secret and making compromises against one's beliefs make up mundane reality. The filmmakers went to perhaps the furthest possible limits in terms of allowed social criticism i...
马戏团演员帕比与士兵倍明朗哥自战场回归后发现他们的家己面目全非,二人于是结伴而行;他们在帕比所偷的脚踏车上发现珠宝,与犹太麦面包师的女儿艾丝特快乐地生活在一起,艾丝特产下一女后,却因帕比所偷的珠宝而被窃贼所杀,帕与倍也因私藏珠宝而下狱……