Empties
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| Vratné lahve | |
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| Directed by | Jan Svěrák |
| Written by | Zdeněk Svěrák |
| Starring | Zdeněk Svěrák |
| Release date(s) |  8 March, 2007 |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Language | Czech |
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Empties (known in Czech as Vratné lahve) is a 2007 film directed by Jan Sverák and written by his father Zdenek Sverák. Zdenek also stars in the film.[1] It was released first in the Czech Republic in March 2007. The film is a comedy from the same team which made Kolya.[2]
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[edit] Synopsis
Josef Tkaloun is a 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 the inevitable accident, he still refuses to stay at home and takes a job in the local Žižkov supermarket. He works behind a counter, taking the used glass beer bottles and empty plastic water bottles, giving a receipt to the customers which they can redeem at the cashier. 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 amusingly lurid 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. As can be expected, things do not go completely to plan.[3]
[edit] Principal cast
| Role | Actor |
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| Josef Tkaloun | Zdeněk Svěrák |
| Helenka, his daughter | Tatiana Vilhelmová |
| Eliška, his wife | Daniela Kolářová |
| Landa, his friend | Jiří Macháček |
[edit] Awards
- Zdeněk Svěrák received a Special Jury Mention for the screenplay at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2007
[edit] DVD
The DVD was released in October 2007. It includes extra scenes, a photogallery, the storyboard and comics.[4]
