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A certain portion of film fans perceive Vít Olmer as the Red Bull. I don't have a major problem with him, but I have to agree with those who point out that he was not among the great talents of his time. In his early directing career, nobody could predict that he would end up making commercially driven crap of the worst kind in the 90s, but even then it was evident that he didn't reach the same level of creativity as the famous directors of the Czech New Wave in the 60s, and that in his directorial attempts, he tried more to imitate rather than to search for his own style. His attempt to create a similar film with a similar filmmaking language as Forman or Chytilová is clearly weaker in his feature film debut. To be fair, the film's completion was also influenced by its time. In the 70s, independent filmmaking was dwindling and normalization was gradually taking over. So the film suffered from censorship as well. For example, the erotic scenes were not well-received. As a result, the film relies more on dialogue and resolves very little. Overall impression: 40%. (09.08.2009)