CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 1968
Capricious Summer posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE1968 1h 14m CZE

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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Capricious Summer

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The Firemen's Ball poster 01

Movie / 1967 / Comedy / Drama

The Firemen's Ball

Why this pick

Like Capricious Summer, it turns a small provincial gathering into dry, gently absurd social comedy, with patient observation, mischievous irony, and an ensemble whose minor vanities become the whole event.

Closely Watched Trains poster 02

Movie / 1966 / Comedy / Drama

Closely Watched Trains

Why this pick

Menzel brings the same delicate, Chekhovian humor and unhurried attention to ordinary rituals, balancing youthful erotic awkwardness, idleness, and lyrical visual grace against a more consequential historical backdrop.

Larks on a String poster 03

Movie / 1969 / Drama

Larks on a String

Why this pick

Its playful, poetic deadpan and affectionate ensemble echo the buoyant absurdity of Capricious Summer, finding romance and comedy in people calmly improvising around an oppressive, ridiculous world.

The Joke poster 04

Movie / 1969 / Comedy / Drama

The Joke

Why this pick

For the Czech New Wave’s wry intelligence and sharply observed social rituals, this offers similarly understated irony, though in a more formally adventurous and bittersweet exploration of a careless joke’s aftermath.

A Report on the Party and the Guests poster 05

Movie / 1966 / Drama

A Report on the Party and the Guests

Why this pick

This compact Czech New Wave satire shares the pleasure of polite surfaces and absurd behavior, turning a leisurely outdoor social occasion into a precise, unsettling comic allegory.

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Jana Preissová

Anna

Jiří Menzel

Jiří Menzel

Arnoštek

František Řehák

Canon Roch

Vlastimil Brodský

Major Hugo

Míla Myslíková

Katerina Durová