Part of the BAMcinématek series New Czech Films
Thu, May 10, 2012 at 6:50, 9:30pm
NY Premiere
Directed by Ondrej Trojan
With Libor Kovar, Matous Vrba, Jan Vlcek, Jakub Šarka
(2010) 137min, 35mm
Set in the 1980s, this bittersweet comedy chronicles the highs and lows in the lives of four teenage boys coming of age amid the strictures of everyday life. Receiving their state-issued identity card marks the boys’ entrance into adulthood with all its advantages—namely the ability to purchase alcohol freely—as well as its trappings, which include being frisked by the police and making decisions about their next step in life.
