It was unfinished business from the brutal days of communist show trials that sparked the idea for “Old-Timers,” a Czech story of cross-country vengeance perpetrated by two actors in their golden y…
, whose documentaries “A Town Called Hermitage” and “Coal in the Soul” both took on the legacy of the pre-Velvet Revolution regime in different ways, say their feature debut was driven by the same desire to deal with crimes that too few people are willing to talk about these days.
Meanwhile, the two grumpy protagonists argue and complain, Vlasta sleeping poorly with nightmares of the old regime’s injustices, which have driven him to recruit his old friend Tonda so they can realize his final wish for revenge. Even lyrical countryside vistas take on an ironic meaning when contrasted against the bitterness of those who found themselves fodder for a self-proclaimed regime for the working class that needed enemies to punish to sustain itself.
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