Storyline
Middle-aged Antonin and his friends, the major, now retired, and the canon, are in the river, swimming and philosophizing. Then it starts to rain. It just seems to be that sort of summer. Antonin runs the swimming bath with his portly wife Katherine... A man appears with his horse-drawn caravan. He lays a striped pole across the river and walks over. With a handstand and a magic trick, Ernie the Conjuror invites everyone to that evening's performance... Ernie is a tightrope walker of only modest skill, but with a slim and beautiful assistant, Anna. Antonin speaks to her. The two spend the night in the change room by the river, Antonin massaging her feet all night long. Katherine decides to move into the caravan with Ernie. But now the major and even the canon sense Anna's attractiveness...
Cast & Crew
Rudolf Hrušínský
Antonín Důra
Lead
Míla Myslíková
Katerina Durová
Vlastimil Brodský
Major Hugo
František Řehák
Canon Roch
Jana Preissová
Anna
Jiří Menzel
Arnoštek
Bohuš Záhorský
Starik
VJ
Vlasta Jelínková
Sluzebna
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jiří Menzel's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Capricious Summer is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
