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Released
Empties
March 8 2007 (almost 18 years ago)Rating
69
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66 reviews
- Director: Jan Svěrák
- Writer: Zdeněk Svěrák
- Genre: Comedy
- Runtime: 1 h 43 m
- Country: Czech Republic
- Companies: Portobello Pictures, Phoenix Film Investments
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.