We See Eye-to-Eye at Last!

Country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1976

Production year

1976

Premiere

11 February 1977

Runtime

73 min

Director

Jaroslav Papoušek

Genre

comedy

Typology

featuretheatrical distributionlong

Original title

Konečně si rozumíme

Czech title

Konečně si rozumíme

English title

We See Eye-to-Eye at Last!

Summary

The post-1969 films of writer-director Jaroslav Papoušek remain very much in the shadow of his previous collaborations with director Miloš Forman (who went into exile in the US). But this notable member of the Czechoslovak New Wave managed to win over audiences anew with his comedy trilogy about the Homolka family (beginning with 1969’s Ecce homo Homolka – Ecce Homo Homolka). This unfairly overlooked teenage comedy tells the story of a 14-year-old boy living in an apartment complex, and the pangs of his unrequited first love. Pavel Horák, played by Richard Medek, is tormented by the fact that his beloved Zuzana has outgrown his sort, and is instead dating a lanky adversary nicknamed Eifelák (Vladimír Dlouhý). Meanwhile, the adult world appears painfully indifferent to Pavel’s secret torments. The adage that we are all only as tall as we feel rings a little hollow for this love-struck youngster. The quality of this unpretentious film is strongly assisted by the photography of a noted Forman collaborator, cinematographer Miroslav Ondříček.

Synopsis

A fourteen-year old Pavel, upon coming back from a several months medical treatment, finds out that his friend Zuzana is by a head taller than him. Moreover, she goes out with their tall school-mate, whose nickname is Eiffel Tower. Pavel is very unhappy and neglect school, dreaming only about a revenge. He is lonely with his problem, because he cannot tell his parents. The only person to trust, his grandpa, is too busy having never-ending appointments with a different women. Grandpa is rather short, too, like Pavel, but he is only attracted by taller women, telling Pavel that a man is as big as he feels to be. Nevertheless, his advice does not bring any relief to Pavel. His parents feel there is something wrong with their son, but their investigation for the reason fails. They firstly refuse grandpa's assertion that the reason must be platonic love. They all end up looking at Pavel school photo, trying to guess which girl is the one. Pavel keeps receiving poor grades at school, the final one being "fail" grade. He is scared to come home, hanging out till late evening, watching fishers near the river. One of the fishers has to leave for a while, and here comes a pretty girl picking the fishing rods - she is the same height as Pavel. They get acquainted and spend a nice afternoon together, finished by kisses. They meet the next day again, and Zuzana is immediately forgotten. Pavel tells his parents that he has spent the afternoon at a young pioneers meeting. He smiles happily and his parents are contented too, thinking that finally they see eye to eye with their son.

Film online

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Photos

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Crew and creators

Unit Production Manager

František Jaderník, Milan Štěch

Unit Production Manager

Miloslav Černohlávek

Cooperation

Alena Salabová (klapka), Karel Šebík (fotograf)

Music

Music Composed by

Karel Mareš

Selected Music

Josef Suk (Radúz a Mahulena (balet))

Music Performed by

Orchestr Ivo Pavlíka (Music Conducted by Ivo Pavlík)

Production info

Original Title

Konečně si rozumíme

Czech Title

Konečně si rozumíme

English Title

We See Eye-to-Eye at Last!

Typology

featuretheatrical distribution

Genre

comedy

Origin country

Czechoslovakia

Copyright

1976

Production Year

1976

Production specifications

withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1986

Premiere

premiere 11 February 1977 /suitable for youths/

Production

Filmové studio Barrandov

Copyright Holders

Státní fond kinematografie

Studio

Barrandov

Distribution

Ústřední půjčovna filmů

Creative Group

Dramaturgická skupina Karla Copa, Karel Cop (vedoucí dramaturgické skupiny)

Sales

Národní filmový archiv, Obchodní oddělení

Technical info

Duration typology

feature film

Duration in minutes

73 min

Original length in metres

2 057 meters

Distribution carrier

16mm, 35mm

Aspect ratio

1:1,66

Colour

colour

Sound

sound

Sound system/format

mono

Versions

Czech

Dialogue languages

Czech

Subtitles languages

without subtitles

Opening/End credits languages

Czech

Awards

Vítěz

Festival: 15. filmový festival mladých Špindlerův Mlýn

1977
Špindlerův Mlýn / Czechoslovakia

We See Eye-to-Eye at Last!

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Cast

Ivana Pocková

Antonín Strejc

Michaela Beranová

Daniel Brychta

Radka Dubská

Ivo Dušek

Michaela Horská

Jana Kobylková

Alena Kulhavá

Alexandr Petrov

Lukáš Poskočil

Vladimír Prokš

Helena Snopková

Lucie Stárková

Eva Šimková

Petr Štěpánek (2)

Milena Šverdíková

Ludvík Toman (2)

Jaroslav Balcar

Zdeněk Havlasa

Josef Litoš

Josef Fiala

Alice Pinková

Jiří Hansel

Oldřich Král

Karel Mašek

Jiří Paclík

Ladislav Tajovský

Pavol Biroš

Antonín Bradáč

František Cipro

Pavel Dostál (2)

Jiří Franěk

Josef Frydrych

Vlastimil Halbich

Dušan Herda

Peter Herda

Jiří Horešovský

Josef Jebavý

Bohumil Jenšík

Pavel Karafiát

Václav Krauz

Ivo Lubas

Milan Malý

Jan Mareš (2)

Tomáš Remek

Robert Segmüller

Miroslav Stárek

Jiří Strnad (5)

František Veselý (fotbalista)

Boris Škil

Ladislav Winter

Crew and creators

Director

Second Unit Director

Assistant Director

Continuity

Screenstory

Screenplay

Shooting Script

Dramaturg

Director of Photography