Director:
Martin FričCámara:
Jaroslav TuzarMúsica:
Jiří SrnkaReparto:
Zdeněk Štěpánek, František Smolík, Vladimír Ráž, Jaroslav Mareš, Vladimír Menšík, Jiří Sovák, Antonie Hegerlíková, Irena Kačírková, Běla Jurdová (más)Sinopsis(1)
Today For the Last Time belongs without a doubt to the top of the post-war directorial work of the experienced Martin Frič. The central theme of this troubling psychological drama is the devastating influence of alcohol on individuals and their social ties. The story focuses on several regular visitors of the pub U Kroců, who continue to lie both to the others and to themselves that they can control their drinking. However, the reality shows each one of them that it is the other way round. In an extraordinary cast, particularly Zdeněk Štěpánek excels in the role of engineer Danda, whose alcohol addiction gradually disintegrates both his career and his family life. The film benefited from a relaxed political atmosphere after 1956, allowing Czechoslovak filmmakers to take a critical stand on some aspects of life in socialism. (Noir Film Festival)
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An excellent affair. Everything works, and it’s ideally all set in timelessness (it is not important that we have a present)... The characters and their stories are important. I am extremely impressed with all the main performers. I take my hat off to Štěpánek for the first time, I enjoy Ráž, I am amazed again at Smolík, I appreciate Mareš and, strangely enough, I respect Hegerlíková as well. Even Kačírková and Brodský did not disturb the ideal symbiosis with their standards, and I was pleased with Sovák and Struna... My only regret is that the coloring was filled in the extras in equal measure by the ex-stars Mrázek and Ferbasová, as well as the up-and-comers Řehoř and Bohdalová. Marta Fričová, however, won the prize role in the opening using her perfect French.
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The aptly portrayed downward spiral of old and young alkies that keeps delaying rock bottom by preferring for its characters to fail over and over again in their attempts to break free from the reins of alcoholism their own way, before it finally leads them to rehab. An uncharacteristically dark experience for where and when it was made. I ought to add that this cheerful song got me into the film.
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This is the kind of film that should be shown in alcohol rehab clinics. Terrific performances! There are no words to describe what Zdeněk Štěpánek does. It’s a pity it isn’t shown on TV. As far as I know, it only aired once, about a year ago on CT2 as part of a programme about booze.
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I was amazed at how many acting giants of the time Frič had in front of the camera, and their character effects were truly extraordinary. Menšík is exceptional behind the bar and with the same problems that pub-keeps have to deal with in smaller establishments even today (getting drunk on credit is temporarily more pleasant), Jiří Sovák running his barber shop essentially from the pub, or the traditionally great František Smolík, whose hallucinatory scene in an empty flat almost surpasses the best sequences from Wilder's The Lost Weekend. Although it’s nothing but an innocent look at the issue of alcoholism with the black-humoured remarks of the protagonists, the film still fulfils its purpose excellently and even after all these years it never ceases to be entertaining and topical. 80%
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