Empties

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Empties
Australian theatrical release poster
Original titleVratné lahve
Directed byJan Svěrák
Written byZdeněk Svěrák
Produced by
StarringZdeněk Svěrák
CinematographyVladimír Smutný
Edited byAlois Fišárek
Music byOndřej Soukup
Production
companies
  • Biograf Jan Svěrák
  • Phoenix Film Investments
  • Portobello Pictures
  • TV Nova
  • UFO Pictures
Distributed by
  • Falcon
  • Icon (Australia)
Release date
  • 8 March 2007 (2007-03-08)
Running time
100 minutes
Countries
  • Czech Republic
  • UK
LanguageCzech
BudgetCZK 34 million[1]
Box officeCZK 124.6 million[2]

Empties (Czech: Vratné lahve) is a 2007 film directed by Jan Svěrák and written by his father Zdeněk Svěrák, who also stars in the film.[3] It was released first in the Czech Republic in March 2007. The film is a comedy from the same team which made Kolya.[4]

Plot[edit]

Josef Tkaloun is an elderly 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 an inevitable accident, he still refuses to stay at home and takes a job in the local Žižkov supermarket. He works behind a counter, recycling glass beer bottles. There 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 sexually charged 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. The scary balloon ride, ending in crash, revitalizes the relationship.[5]

Cast[edit]

Awards[edit]

Home media[edit]

The DVD was released in October 2007. It includes extra scenes, a photo gallery, the storyboard and comics.[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Vratné lahve mají 100 milionů tržeb, ale nulový zisk". aktualne.cz (in Czech). 21 June 2007. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Přehledně: TOP 10 nejnavštěvovanějších českých filmů a jejich tržby". ihned.cz (in Czech). 1 July 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  3. ^ CSFD.cz - Vratné lahve (2007) - Režie: Svěrák Jan - Hrají: Svěrák Zdeněk, Kolářová Daniela, Vilhelmová Tatiana
  4. ^ Vratné lahve (2007)
  5. ^ Vratné lahve / Vratné lahve (2007)
  6. ^ "Sixteenth Session". Damascus International Film Festival (archived). Archived from the original on 5 December 2009. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Vratné lahve - O filmu". vratnelahve.cz (in Czech). 2006. Archived from the original on 12 April 2006.

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