Jan, a wealthy veterinarian in his sixties, has had his everyday life tightly organized and controlled by his wife Olga. That seems to be in her genes; Olga's mother and her late husband were in the same situation, and so are Olga's daughter Olinka and her husband Erik. The dichotomy freedom/security is unsubtly stressed by forcing us to watch the castration of a cat in the first scene.
Jan decides to strike for freedom. His plan: to simulate the onset of Alzheimer, so that Olga will be forced to place him in an institution from which he can escape (!). Problem: his Alzheimer number would not fool a child, much less his doctor, and should Olga buy Jan's act her obvious reaction would be to hire a caretaker for Jan rather than interning him. Jan is supported in his quest for freedom by his son Pepík and by Erik, who are in on the plot.
The basic premise seems to be: Olga is impervious to reason, a control freak and any attempt to argue with her is useless. The same applies to Olinka; women in this movie are unthinking petty tyrants (except for Alena, Pepík's wife, but she has special reasons) and all men are sincere, tolerant and wise especially Jan, played by Jirí Bartoska, who delivers his lines with irritating assurance; he has no doubts about anything. There are some positives (good acting, good cinematography) but they are not enough to rescue this movie. To find a more negative picture of women one would have to rewind back to Laurel & Hardy and their ferocious screen wives, but at least they were funny. A miss.
Jan decides to strike for freedom. His plan: to simulate the onset of Alzheimer, so that Olga will be forced to place him in an institution from which he can escape (!). Problem: his Alzheimer number would not fool a child, much less his doctor, and should Olga buy Jan's act her obvious reaction would be to hire a caretaker for Jan rather than interning him. Jan is supported in his quest for freedom by his son Pepík and by Erik, who are in on the plot.
The basic premise seems to be: Olga is impervious to reason, a control freak and any attempt to argue with her is useless. The same applies to Olinka; women in this movie are unthinking petty tyrants (except for Alena, Pepík's wife, but she has special reasons) and all men are sincere, tolerant and wise especially Jan, played by Jirí Bartoska, who delivers his lines with irritating assurance; he has no doubts about anything. There are some positives (good acting, good cinematography) but they are not enough to rescue this movie. To find a more negative picture of women one would have to rewind back to Laurel & Hardy and their ferocious screen wives, but at least they were funny. A miss.