Pearls of the Deep

(1966)

★ 5.8 IMDb · 33 votes

Genres: Comedy

Year: 1966

Runtime: 107 мин

Country: Czechoslovakia

Director: Věra Chytilová, Evald Schorm, Jaromil Jireš, Jiří Menzel, Jan Němec

Cast: Pavla Maršálková, Ferdinand Krůta, Alois Vachek, Emil Iserle, Miroslav Nohýnek, Slávka Španková, Bohumil Hrabal, Jiří Menzel, Miloš Čtrnáctý, František Havel

Plot

A quintet of vignettes based on short stories by Bohumil Hrabal: an eventful trip to the motorcycle races results in drunkenness, long-winded discussions, and death; two elderly men create false biographies; insurance agents visit an eccentric painter/goat farmer and his mother; guests at a wedding reception remain oblivious to outlying misery; and a working-class boy romances a Roma girl.