Comedy (?) set in 1968 at the time of the Russian invasion. ALL the male characters in this film were bumbling, stupid blowhards and fools. Really just total assholes. The women were submissive, silent, long-suffering. Nothing I saw was remotely funny...or even tinged with that kind of subliminal humor that infuses Scandinavian films.
Although there was something of a political context it was all in the background and only tangentially touched the characters. Everyone was a jerk. Came across as scathing anti-Czech propaganda.
The filmmaker seemed to hold these people in complete contempt so by the end I did too.
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