Fresh
In Empties, father-son Czech collaborators in the Oscar-winning Kolya focus on how poorly a cantankerous high school teacher adapts to what amounts to forced retirement.
Greg Quill, Toronto Star
Overview
Czech literature teacher Josef Tkaloun, who is past retirement age, realises one day that he no longer understands his pupils, and so he quits… dramatically. What he does not predict is that in doing this he will lose his sense of place in society.
Director and cast
- Jan Svěrák Director
- Zdeněk Svěrák as Josef Tkaloun
- Daniela Kolářová as Eliška Tkalounová
- Tatiana Dyková as Helenka
- Jiří Macháček as Robert Landa
- Pavel Landovský as Řezáč
- Jan Budař as Úlisný
- Nela Boudová as Ptáčková
- Ondřej Vetchý as Řezáč mladší
- Miroslav Táborský as vedoucí Šubrt
- Robin Soudek as Tomík
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
100%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Sverak's work anchors a cast that delivers a series of delicately executed performances as the actors bring to life a great range of lightly comic characters.
Kate Taylor, Globe and Mail
Fresh
Under Sverak's shrewdly unforced direction, other thesps are natural and appealing.
Eddie Cockrell, Variety
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