28.08.2024

At Czech Film Wednesday on September 4 at 8 p.m. in the Zentralkino, we have something very special on offer this time: The 2014 film "Osmy" (Eighth) was produced for television and has probably never been shown in Germany before. Premiere!

The story: Richard has signed Charter 77 while drunk. The next day offers a series of disasters: In addition to his boss's ultimatum to revoke his signing of the charter, there's the threat of a deadline at work, a colleague who wants a divorce for him, a broken sewer pipe at home that floods the apartment and jeopardizes his marriage; the unexpected fatherhood of his fifteen-year-old son, which he is expected to take on.... To top it all off, he has an appointment at the dentist to have his wisdom teeth ("eights" in Czech) removed

Showing ordinary people in absurd everyday situations is almost a film genre in its own right in the Czech Republic. In this case, everything takes place against the backdrop of the leaden period of "normalization" in the 1970s, which brings in some more serious aspects (compared to "Příběhy obyčejného šílenství", for example, which was shown here last year). Nevertheless, the result is not a difficult movie. Instead, the typical fine Czech humor comes across very well.

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