一直作為(✒)米路(🥇)斯．科曼劇本鐵(tiě )三角（另一(🕸)位是帕(pà )培錫，也(yě )是(shì )本(🎗)片編劇(jù )之一）成員的艾雲．巴薩，當(dāng )然也走(zǒu )(⏬)低(dī )度戲劇(🌗)路線。同(😎)是音樂家的(de )彼德與卡(🤷)洛老友(🎡)重(chóng )逢(féng )，生活狀況(🔲)大(dà )不同，你有(yǒu )(🐖)伴侶我有家庭(tíng )，然而都(dōu )有說(shuō )不出的不(🐶)明朗(🕕)，唯(wéi )有以酒與音(⏺)樂代替口水。全片推展不(🛑)問目的，只在剎那間的意圖(🥎)，行行(🗞)企企比(🔝)起科曼(màn )更義無反顧，卻(👓)有生活淡如流水(shuǐ )的詩意和繆思，叫觀眾聯想到二十年後的(🎋)伊(🥕)力．盧馬。巴(bā )薩鍾(zhōng )愛音樂(🗳)的程(chéng )度不下(💹)於文(🏉)字和(🍑)電影(yǐng )，古典音樂(lè )與(yǔ )(🈸)民間音樂(lè )於(yú )(⛏)全(🐨)片(piàn )迴(huí )轉(🤷)迴盪，難怪成了奇斯洛夫斯(🏒)基十大心(xīn )愛(ài )電(🤔)影之(zhī )(🔍)一(yī )(😙)。
　　
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　　這部1966年的珍品，是捷克新(🍹)浪潮(🏸)短暫(💁)生(🈺)命中(🧥)最(zuì )佳(jiā )作品(pǐn )之一。成名音樂家到(dào )小鎮探訪舊(🐅)同(tóng )學，舊(💨)同學(xué )是(shì )個(🛌)窮(qióng )(🍾)音(🕵)樂教師，有時在喪禮上吹(chuī )奏樂曲。平凡(🏖)的素材在巴(bā )素手裡，變出風(fēng )趣復(fù )(🍏)罕見(jiàn )(♈)的旋律，一部憂鬱的喜劇，或灰(huī )色喜劇(jù )。
　　
　　- Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
　　
　　Ivan Passer's (Cutter's Way and Creator) last film to be made in his native Czechoslovakia is about friends – musician Petr and music teacher Karel – reunited when Petr returns to town for a performance. Passer frequently collaborated with Milos Forman and the episodic, low-action aesthetic that was evident in Forman's early work can be seen here. Years of separation have bred apprehension between the two men, and Karel's simmering jealousy makes their meeting all the more awkward. Eventually, the barriers crumble enough for the pair to freely discuss their lives. The film's simple beauty is in the details of the men's reacquainting themselves with each other, discovering each other's regrets and unfulfilled desires. Alive with pathos, humour and insight.
　　
　　Special Award, National Society of Film Critics Awards
　　
　(🕺)　Its simple city mouse-country mouse story involves the meeting of two former schoolmates as they prepare for a small-town concert. Enlivened by Passer's flair for grotesquerie, this unassuming masterpiece maintains a delicate balance between hilarity and despair.
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　　- Elliott Stein, Village Voice
　　
　　Source: HKIFF Czech New Wave 2006