Touches
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1988Production year
1988Premiere
1 July 1989Runtime
95 minDirector
Vladimír DrhaCategory
filmGenre
comedyTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
DotykyCzech title
DotykyEnglish title
TouchesSummary
During the 1980s, director Vladimír Drha tried to film several stories which, in spite of the political restrictions of the day, sought to relay the real-life problems of young people (Dneska přišel nový kluk – A New Boy Started Today, 1981; Do zubů a do srdíčka – To the Face and to the Heart, 1985). Dotyky (Touches, 1988) tells the story of the gifted young man Ivan (Jiří Pomeje), who is making a movie for his FAMU film school entrance exams. He chooses a documentary about a barber instructor featuring childhood friend Eva (Nela Boudová), who is trying to find a model to help her in a hairstyling contest. Neither the filming, nor the hairstyling contest go according to plan, but events do bring Ivan and Eva closer. Drha and cinematographer Emil Sirotek decided to portray Ivan’s documentary filmmaking attempts via real location sound and authentic video imagery. Composer Petr Hapka and film director Zdeněk Troška both make small appearances. Vladimír Drha also features in a cameo role portraying the contest organiser.
Synopsis
Ivan wants to study at the Film and TV School of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, and his entrance exams' documentary is from an apprentice hairdresser's salon. The apprentice Eva, Ivan's friend from childhood, should be the documentary's heroine. The other apprentices more or less willingly answer various questions on camera. Eva is one of the least keen participants; she is even reluctant to recite a poem. The girls prepare for a haidressing contest and each of them must find a male model. Eva is promised to get her divorced father. Eva and her friend Pavla attend French lessons given by the student Ludvík. Both girls flirt with him and Pavla books him as a model for the contest. Eva lives with her mother, grandmother and brother and his wife and their child. The morning chaos in their house culminates with the father's call breaking his promise. Eva tries in vain to find a substitute model. She attends various clubs with Helena in the evenings, but she, unlike her friend, resists casual acquaintances. The apprentices face various problems - one steals a married lover from another, while another gets pregnant Eva and Ivan end up in bed but the young guy comes to his senses and he realises he should better leave. It seems that Eva won't be able to compete, but Ivan eventually helps her out. Eva begins to recite the famous poem by the Czech poet Kainar, "The Young Boy's Head Shaved Clean", and then does the same to Ivan's head instead of creating an inventive hairdo. Ivan forgives her, for the two already know that they belong to each other.
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Cast
Nela Boudová
kadeřnická učnice Eva
Jiří Pomeje
adept filmového umění Ivan
Pavlína Mourková
kadeřnická učnice Helena
Eva Tauchenová
vedoucí kadeřnictví paní Magda
Jana Šedová
uklízečka Kolíčková
Robert Vrchota
zákazník Turek
František Hanzlík
zákazník Lukášek
Vanda Hybnerová
kadeřnická učnice Pavla
Regina Zahradníková
kadeřnická učnice Lída
Jana Mrázová
kadeřnická učnice Monika
Martin Sobotka
kadeřnický učeň Petr
Andrea Havlenová
kadeřnická učnice Zuzana
Petra Slavíková
kadeřnická učnice Věra
Blanka Jirušková
zrzavá učnice Jana
Kateřina Permanová
kadeřnická učnice Katka
Petr Muric
lektor francouzštiny Ludvík
Ludmila Vostrčilová
Evina babička
Věra Křesadlová
zahradnice, Evina matka
Petr Hapka
knihovník Jirka, Evin otec
Pavel Krátký
ženatý milenec
Asen Almaši
Paľo
Luděk Randár
Jarda
Sabina Laurinová
Klára, Ludvíkova dívka
Petr Hanus
Luděk
Petr Meissel
Jaroslav
Jiřina Kůrková
Lukáškova žena
Eva Kulhánková
Zdena, otcova přítelkyně
Robert Smolík
vojáček Láďa
Radek Holub
vojáček Franta
Josef Vaidiš
Míla, Evin bratr
Stanislava Šťastná
Irena, Mílova žena
Lenka Jandová
Mařenka, Mílova dcera
Miloš Mrázek
Václav
Petra Kališová
Ivanka
Ivan Ernyei
otec holčičky
Emil Sirotek st.
porotce kadeřnické soutěže
Jiří Patočka
starý vousatý muzikant
Ladislav Hřebačka
dudák Jezule
Miroslav Dubský
recepční
František Janík
ředitel
Rudolf Kubík
mladík na plese
Marek Vlachovský
mladík na plese
Petra Pomejová
dívka na plese
Dušan Vodák
mladý fotograf
Petr Jákl
chlap
Vladimír Drha
pořadatel soutěže
Michal Vostřez
učitel ve třídě
Naďa Chrástová
rvoucí se žena
Eliška Nejedlá
Heleina teta
Zuzana Dražilová
rvoucí se žena
Angelika Šrámková
dívenka
Gizela Šmidlíková
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Kamil Busch
Continuity
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Ivan Ernyei, Bohumil Kadlec, Rudolf Kinský, Dana Smržová
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Lenka Jandová, Luboš Kozák, Václav Václavík
Unit Production Manager
Karel Vávra, Luboš Čížek, Gabriela Kerekešová
Cooperation
Vladimíra Lenertová (klapka), Robert Moudrý (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Štěpán Koníček), Vladimír Merta, skupina ETC
Songs
Stříhali dohola malého chlapečka
Song Composer Vladimír Mišík
Writer of Lyrics Josef Kainar
Singer Vladimír Mišík
Jen pro ten dnešní den
Song Composer Sláva Emanuel Nováček
Writer of Lyrics Josef Gruss
Singer Jiří Pomeje
Production info
Original Title
Dotyky
Czech Title
Dotyky
English Title
Touches
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
comedy
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1988
Production Year
1988
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 22 April 1987
technical Screenplay approved 22 January 1988
start of filming 29 March 1988
end of filming 13 June 1988
the first film copy approved 9 September 1988
projection approval 2 December 1988
withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1992
Premiere
premiere 1 July 1989 /suitable for youths/
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Creative Group
4. tvůrčí skupina, Marcela Pittermannová (vedoucí 4. tvůrčí skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
95 min
Original length in metres
2 688 meters
Distribution carrier
35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
colour
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
