Empties

Empties

★ 6.8IMDb Score
Released:2007-03-08
Genre:Comedy
Duration:103 min
Director:Jan Svěrák
Actors:Zdeněk Svěrák, Daniela Kolářová, Tatiana Dyková, Jiří Macháček, Pavel Landovský
Production:Portobello Pictures, Phoenix Film Investments

Overview:

Czech literature teacher Josef Tkaloun, who is past retirement age, realises one day that he no longer understands his pupils, and so he quits… dramatically. What he does not predict is that in doing this he will lose his sense of place in society.

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