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Empties – a moving Czech comedy

We love Czech comedies! Yes, we know, we are not unique. Perhaps mostly of you have already seen Empties but it is still worth mentioning. This film tells a story of an elderly literature teacher from a high school in Prague. Josef Tkaloun, set up by his lazy pupils, decides to quite the job. Instead of getting retired he undertakes new professional challenges. He starts to bike as a courier but he soon realizes that it is not for him. Josef is physically fit but digitally illiterate. Next choice is a supermarket where he recycles glass bottles, the empties. And the new life begins – with new inspirations, observations, flirts… Jan & Zděnek Svěrák   - son and father duo This film ( Vratné lahve – in Czech, 2007) is made by Jan Svěrák. The main role stars his father Zděnek Svěrák. It is the third movie in the trilogy on aging that commenced 1991 with The Elementary School and continued in 1996 with the Oscar-winning Kolya. On the DVD’s extras one can see how the fa