简介：Description:"TheDeathoftheBeautifulRoebucksisastoryofamanfromPraguewhobecomesthemostsuccessfulvacuumcleanersalesmaninEurope.ItisbasedontheautobiographicalbookwrittenbyoneofthemostfascinatingandatthesametimetragicCzechwriters-OtaPavel.Majorcharacterofthebook,andthemovie,isOta'sfatherasseenbytheauthor,thenonlyalittleboy.Thefatherisawonderful,tragicomicantiherowhotreatshislifelikeabigchallenge.Hispettypleasures,smalltricksandwarmattitudewintheheartsoftheaudienceimmediately. Thefatherhasthreetruepassionshevigorouslyfollowsandtheseare:fishing,conqueringbeautifulwomenand,takingcareofhisownfamily.Perhapsthesetlooksratherpeculiar,butthefatherreallyconvincinglytakescareofallthreeofthem…Givinguptoomanydetailswouldspoilthepleasureofwatching(andhopefullyalsoreading)thestory,butasmallepisodeisworthofmentioning.Atsomepointthefatherbuysapond,apparentlyfulloffish,foraconsiderableamountofmoney.Sometimelaterthefatherinviteshisboss,colleagues,familytoapartyduringwhichthepondistobedrainedandallthefishcaught.Whilethebandontheshoreespeciallyinvitedforthatveryoccasionplaysthelastsong,asinglefishemergesinthenet…Yetthisisjustthebeginningofthestory… Yes,thestoryhasseriouspartstoo.ItisaboutthewarandtheHolocaust,yetitisexceptional.Evenduringmostseriouspartsthemoviedoesnotceasetobeasadfairytaleblendedwithsubtle,warmgrotesque. TheRoebucksreallyarebeautifulandtheydoplayanimportantpartinthemovie.SodotheCzechtragicomicattitudetowardstheworldoutsideand,evenmore,theCzechstories."…