Oldies But Goldies
– A bitter-sweet comedy about two people who wish to live life to the full despite their age. Ota is a..
A bitter-sweet comedy about two people who wish to live life to the full despite their age. Ota is a retired high-school teacher and at this point in life has various foibles that complicate life for his son and daughter-in-law. Moreover, he has a complicated and risky eye operation ahead. That is why Ota decides that this is the time to look up Jana, the retired actress who had influenced the course of his life many years ago. However, his reunion with Jana - who lives in a retirement home - works out differently to his expectations. Although disappointed at first, it is actually this zestful lady who sets Ota in the right direction again. Thanks to Jana, Ota finds the courage to set out on an exciting road-movie trip of the kind he would never have had the courage for in his youth. Their meeting and the excursion, full of unexpected turns and new impressions, give their lives a new dimension.
12 Apr 2012
Czech
Jirí Strach
Marek Epstein
Jirina Bohdalová, Radoslav Brzobohatý, Ivan Trojan, Lenka Vlasáková
Everybody needs to find some kind of motivation, a feeling that there is sense to his life. It is much harder to find this basic value when one gets older. Ota's (Radoslav Brzobohatý) act consists of the fulfillment of his long-standing dream of the beautiful actress Jana. Earlier, when he was still full of vigor and she was young and beautiful, he couldn't find the courage to approach her. Now Jana (Jirina Bohdalová) accepts his gesture because she also feels she is nearing the end of her rope. They spend two days together on the run, two days that return the sense they have lost from their lives.
3 nominations.