一直作為(wéi )米(👷)路(lù )斯.科(✒)曼劇(🥇)本鐵三(sān )(🏽)角(jiǎo )(另一位(wèi )是帕培錫(xī ),也是(🕰)本(běn )片編(🍥)劇(jù )之(🔧)一)成員(🥈)的(de )艾雲.巴(bā )薩,當然(🥩)也走(zǒu )低(dī )(🎾)度(dù )戲劇路(lù )線(xiàn )。同(❣)是音樂家(📼)的彼德(🖲)與卡洛老友重逢,生活狀況(kuàng )大不同(💆),你有伴侶我有(🚥)家庭(tíng ),然而都(🎫)有說不出(chū )的不明朗(🚸),唯有以(yǐ )(🥀)酒與(yǔ )(🤯)音(😱)樂代替口水。全(quán )(🌙)片推(tuī )展(🚣)不(bú )問目的(📯),只在剎那(🖲)間的意圖,行行(háng )企企(qǐ )比起科曼更(📙)義(yì )無(✋)反顧,卻有生活淡如流水的詩意和繆思,叫觀眾聯(🧤)想(🔔)到二十年後的(de )伊(👺)力.盧馬。巴薩(🐀)鍾(🧟)愛(ài )音樂的程度不下(xià )於文字和電影,古典音樂(🛎)與民間音樂(😊)於全片迴(huí )轉迴盪,難(nán )怪成了(🌪)奇(qí )斯洛夫斯基十大心(🔈)愛電影之一。 康(kāng )城影展青年評(píng )審團獎(👵),美(💸)國(guó )全國(🍽)影(yǐng )評人協會特(tè )別(bié )獎 這部1966年的(⏳)珍(🏓)品(🚽),是捷克新浪潮短暫生命中最佳(jiā )作品之(zhī )一(🧘)。成名音樂家(🕺)到(dào )小(🎴)鎮探(🚤)訪舊同學(xué ),舊同(🈺)學是個(🔮)窮(qióng )音樂(lè )(🐈)教師,有時(shí )在喪禮(🐌)上吹奏樂曲。平凡的(✒)素(💨)材(cái )在巴素手裡,變出風趣復罕見的(de )旋律,一部憂鬱的喜(xǐ )劇,或灰色喜劇。 (🔝) - Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader (🔂) Ivan Passer's (Cutter's Way and Creator) last film to be made in his native Czechoslovakia is about friends – musician Petr and music teacher Karel – reunited when Petr returns to town for a performance. Passer frequently collaborated with Milos Forman and the episodic, low-action aesthetic that was evident in Forman's early work can be seen here. Years of separation have bred apprehension between the two men, and Karel's simmering jealousy makes their meeting all the more awkward. Eventually, the barriers crumble enough for the pair to freely discuss their lives. The film's simple beauty is in the details of the men's reacquainting themselves with each other, discovering each other's regrets and unfulfilled desires. Alive with pathos, humour and insight. Special Award, National Society of Film Critics Awards Its simple city mouse-country mouse story involves the meeting of two former schoolmates as they prepare for a small-town concert. Enlivened by Passer's flair for grotesquerie, this unassuming masterpiece maintains a delicate balance between hilarity and despair. (👪) - Elliott Stein, Village Voice Source HKIFF Czech New Wave 2006