Srpnová neděle

This film is a flat lye of Hrubín's revolutionary dramatic text. Vávra wasn’t able to garner from it more than the harmonious artistic component of Josef Svoboda, strong acting and the idyllic atmosphere of South Bohemia. However, the film somehow bypasses the drama within the characters and particularly the multi-layered character of Morák through a somewhat homolka-like critique of petty bourgeoisie. In an overall sense, the soliloquy inconsistency of communication and the disillusioning view of interpersonal relationships, which contrasts sharply with natural harmony, disappear. Whilst in the theatrical version Hrubín managed to go deep into the contradictory nature of man as an intimate/public being and created a unique language somewhere between lyricism and drama, the film remake is in the spirit of contemporary schematism focused on optimistic ideological phrases... (2010.04.14)