简介：影片故事来自米兰-昆德拉的短篇小说，由PavelJurácek和导演HynekBocan共同执笔改编，是捷克新浪潮电影中的一部重要作品。获1965年德国曼海姆-海登堡国际电影节金奖。 InthisCzechcomedy,anartcriticishoundedbyadeterminedmanwhowishestopublishhismanuscriptaboutafamousartist.Whenthecriticreceivestheauthor'swork,hesendsaletterwishingthemanluckwithoutreadingasinglepage.Thedeterminedauthorforcestheartcritictotellhimwhathethinksofhismanuscript.Inthemeantime,thewriterloseshisjob,hisgirlfriend,andfallsoutoffavorwiththeCommunistPartybeforelearninghisliteraryeffortsarenogood. CzechfilmmakerHynekBocanlargelyeschewedtheconventionsofhiscountry'sNewWavecinemainfavorofmakingwell-crafted,traditionalliteraryadaptations.AgraduateofhisnativePrague'sprestigiousFAMUin1961,BocanstartedoutworkingattheBarrandovFilmStudio,assistingsuchfilmmakersasKarelKachyna,JanNemec,andJiriWeiss.Inadditiontodirecting,Bocancollaboratedonthescreenplaysofallofhisfilms.HemadehisdirectorialdebutwithNikdoseNebudeSmat/NoLaughingMatter(1965).In1969,whileworkingonhisthirdfilm,Pastak/TheDecoy,Bocanencounteredpoliticaldifferenceswithhisgovernmentandwaspreventedfromcompletingtheproduction;itwasnotuntil1990thatthefilmwasfinishedandreleased.Unabletoworkinfeatures,Bocanturnedtotelevisiontoco-writeanddirectthenine-episodeseriesZahadaHlavolau/TheMysteryofaBrainTeaser.In1974,Bocanwasallowedtoreturntofilmmaking,andhereleasedMuzzLonyna/TheManFromLondon.Bocanhassubsequentlydividedhistimebetweenfeaturefilmsandtelevision.…