A few days in the life of a Czechoslovak teenager when he starts work.

1966 Czechoslovak film directed by Jiří Menzel

Middle-aged Antonin and his friends, the major, now retired, and the canon, are in the river, swimming and philosophizing. Then it starts to rain. It just seems to be that sort of summer. Antonin runs the swimming bath with his portly wife Katherine... A man appears with his horse-drawn caravan. He lays a striped pole across the river and walks over. With a handstand and a magic trick, Ernie the Conjuror invites everyone to that evening's performance... Ernie is a tightrope walker of only modest skill, but with a slim and beautiful assistant, Anna. Antonin speaks to her. The two spend the night in the change room by the river, Antonin massaging her feet all night long. Katherine decides to move into the caravan with Ernie. But now the major and even the canon sense Anna's attractiveness...

一直作為米路斯．科曼劇本鐵三角（另一位是帕培錫，也是本片編劇之一）成員的艾雲．巴薩，當然也走低度戲劇路線。同是音樂家的彼德與卡洛老友重逢，生活狀況大不同，你有伴侶我有家庭，然而都有說不出的不明朗，唯有以酒與音樂代替口水。全片推展不問目的，只在剎那間的意圖，行行企企比起科曼更義無反顧，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伊力．盧馬。巴薩鍾愛音樂的程度不下於文字和電影，古典音樂與民間音樂於全片迴轉迴盪，難怪成了奇斯洛夫斯基十大心愛電影之一。

康城影展青年評審團獎，美國全國影評人協會特別獎

這部1966年的珍品，是捷克新浪潮短暫生命中最佳作品之一。成名音樂家到小鎮探訪舊同學，舊同學是個窮音樂教師，有時在喪禮上吹奏樂曲。平凡的素材在巴素手裡，變出風趣復罕見的旋律，一部憂鬱的喜劇，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

冷漠的面孔，行进的人群，那一抹抹红色点缀着布拉格街头的寒冷，让温暖流淌在匆忙的交错过往之间。
车站自是离别伤感之所，身为道桥扳道员的父亲（Vladimír Javorský 饰）抱着儿子拉多（Ladislav Ondrej 饰）穿梭在离别的人群之中，看他们喜乐哀伤诀别亲人、诀别爱人、诀别曾留下足迹的城市。
父子俩的生活简单质朴，幸福却从未因家庭的不完整而有半点缺失。儿子祈求第二天去父亲的工作场所，谁曾想这却是一个改变很多人一生的约定……
本片荣获2003年棕榈泉国际短片电影节最佳影片奖、2003美国温馨电影展（HeartLand Film Festival）水晶心奖。