Muka obraznosti

Muka obraznosti (1990) blends Romance and Drama elements. Top cast includes Jiří Pomeje, Dagmar Bláhová, and Jiří Bartoška. The plot follows a central conflict that grows in scope as the film progresses.

Actor: Jiří Pomeje • Genre: Drama movies

The film tells the story of an enthusiastic young man who joins a textile factory in the late 1950s and assumes that a promising career awaits him - the protagonist is therefore constantly comparing himself to his favourite literary model, the equally ambitious Julian Sorel from Stendhal's fresco The Red and the Black. The result, however, lacks the necessary conviction, the ability to draw the viewer into his world, and remains too contrived, as the chosen period has become a mere non-committal backdrop for amorous games.