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autumn spring
Autumn Spring
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List Price: $14.98
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0687797101495
Format: Color
Label: First Look Pictures
Manufacturer: First Look Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: First Look Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2003-12-02
Running Time: 95
Studio: First Look Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
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A bittersweet comedy starring the great Vlastimil Brodský as Fanda, an old man who refuses to grow up. Despite pleas from his exasperated wife who wants him to make serious decisions about the future, Fanda ignores the nagging and spends his days seeking amusement and adventure.
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Summary: wonderful family movie
Comment: I am just beginning to explore the Czech movie genre through my Czech born wife and if this movie is any indication of the caliber they produce I am in for a treat, this movie is funny and emotional...everything you go see an American movie for!
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Summary: Wonderful!!!!
Comment: I couldn't agree with the fellow reviewer who said that this is one of those "sleeper" movies that could go unnoticed very easily. I have been watching a lot of Czech movies and bumped into this one by happenstance. Needless to say, it is one of the best I've seen so far.
Frantisek Hana is in his mid-seventies, but possesses an unbridled zeal for life. He is enchanted by blooming flowers and beautiful sunny days and revels in the tiny pleasures derived by playing child-like pranks. His partner in crime is Ed and the duo celebrates their old age by living life to the hilt. In one of their pranks, Hana & Ed portray themselves as wealthy expats, planning to buy a palatial mansion. They get a free limousine ride to the countryside mansion and some fine wine. However, their little prank blows up as the estate agent manages to find their true identity and slaps a 30000 Krown fine. Multiple attempts (pranks really) to raise the fine money leads them into funny and hilarious situations, emphasizing the serendipitous nature of life. Having exhausted all pranktical means, Hana eventually steals the money from his "funeral" fund.
This severely infuriates his wife, who is a perfect antipode. She has surrendered to old age and lives under the morbid ambition of being buried in a second-hand grave and saves furiously for her funeral. She has worked out all the post-death formalities and even selected a picture that'll appear alongside her epitaph.
Hana's domestic life is the usual grind. His wife condemns him for being crazy and not taking his old age seriously, while his son is eying his apartment for his ex-wives and children. The ensuing movie drama will take you through scary divorce threats, deadly pranks, emotional courtroom scenes, endless love, compassionate & unconditional friendship and woes of aging bodies.
However, everything has severe underpinnings of humor, which is a synonym for being alive. Stellar performance by Vlastimil Brodský.
This is how movies should be made ...
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Summary: Live life or plan dying!
Comment: Engaging in this movie stimulates our mind about our life and the inevitable death. This 2001 Czech movie provokes one to ponder if you can seriously enjoy and be amused in old age, or will you obsess with preparing for your mortality?
With poignancy and humor, an aging man, Fanda doesn't take life serious, while his nagging wife, Emilie, remains so frustrated with him as she constantly obsesses over preparations for their deaths. Their grown son, contributes to the aura of doom by pressuring the couple to a retirement home so he can have the apartment. We learn that the couple have nothing in common as they live their remaining years.
Fanda is interested in enjoying life! He lives life for today, and while death is certain, it is not on his mind. Together, with his best friend, they embark on schemes, cheating, lying, conning, simply for amusement. Most scheming or conning is harmless, but it can get out of hand.
We sympathize with both, because in reality, most people tend to reflect Emilie's position, and we so much want to enjoy life like Fanda, minus the scheming and conning.
The movie begs the question, do I want to live before I die, or die while I'm alive. Ironically, Vlastimil Brodsk, (Fanda) took his own life shortly after filming the movie. This is a wonderful movie that has garnered numerous awards......MzRizz
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Summary: Don't listen to the one bad reviewer who is confused!!!!
Comment: Please don't listen to the one reviewer who gave this a bad review. He is very confused. This movie will make you laugh and cry! A great film that does not pretend to be something it's not! Just don't take my word for it. Here are some awards: Winner audience award for Best film Clevland International Film Festivl, St. Louis Film Festival, Official selection Toronto International Film Festival, 4 Czech Lion awards, and the list goes on!!!!! This is a film that should not be missed! Viewers if someone gives a bad review of some film do me a favor and check the movies they liked {such as the critic of this film who liked a UFC film} before you listen to their advice!
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Summary: Wonderful Movie, Sketchy DVD
Comment: The film is five stars. Mr. Brodsky plays the part of Fanta deftly, and the part itself is a most engaging and layered character. That is not to say that any of the other acting was less wonderful. The pull between wife and best friend can't end without loss, but as each person sacrifices for the wellbeing of the other, hope is born, and a happy, but not cheesy, ending comes about. Comedy because it ends well, not because it's ha ha funny all along the way (it does have its laughing moments too).
That said, the DVD couldn't be read by my DVD player, and although I've had the player for a few years, it has never refused to read a Region 1 disc before. I had to watch this on my laptop where I watch discs from Europe. Disappointing, but not so much that the film is any less worth buying.
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