2007 · comedy
Empties
Directed by Jan Svěrák1h 43m2007
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.
Our read: Empties (2007) reads as a cosy, steady, grounded comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, steady, gentle comedy, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- warm
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
- intimate
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How Empties feels to watch.
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