一直作為米路斯.科曼劇本鐵三角(另一位是帕培錫,也是本片編劇之一)成員的艾雲(yún).巴薩,當(dāng)然也走低度戲劇路線(xiàn)。同是音樂(lè)家的彼德與卡洛老友重逢,生活狀況大不同,你有伴侶我有家庭,然而都有說(shuō)不出的不明朗,唯有以酒與音樂(lè)代替口水。全片推展不問(wèn)目的,只在剎那間的意圖,行行企企比起科曼更義無(wú)反顧,卻有生活淡如流水的詩(shī)意和繆思,叫觀眾聯(lián)想到二十年後的伊力.盧馬。巴薩鍾愛(ài)音樂(lè)的程度不下於文字和電影,古典音樂(lè)與民間音樂(lè)於全片迴轉(zhuǎn)迴盪,難怪成了奇斯洛夫斯基十大心愛(ài)電影之一。康城影展青年評(píng)審團(tuán)獎(jiǎng),美國(guó)全國(guó)影評(píng)人協(xié)會(huì)特別獎(jiǎng)這部1966年的珍品,是捷克新浪潮短暫生命中最佳作品之一。成名音樂(lè)家到小鎮(zhèn)探訪(fǎng)舊同學(xué),舊同學(xué)是個(gè)窮音樂(lè)教師,有時(shí)在喪禮上吹奏樂(lè)曲。平凡的素材在巴素手裡,變出風(fēng)趣復(fù)罕見(jiàn)的旋律,一部憂(yōu)鬱的喜劇,或灰色喜劇。-DaveKehr,ChicagoReaderIvanPasser’s(Cutter’sWayandCreator)lastfilmtobemadeinhisnativeCzechoslovakiaisaboutfriends–musicianPetrandmusicteacherKarel–reunitedwhenPetrreturnstotownforaperformance.PasserfrequentlycollaboratedwithMilosFormanandtheepisodic,low-actionaestheticthatwasevidentinForman’searlyworkcanbeseenhere.Yearsofseparationhavebredapprehensionbetweenthetwomen,andKarel’ssimmeringjealousymakestheirmeetingallthemoreawkward.Eventually,thebarrierscrumbleenoughforthepairtofreelydiscusstheirlives.Thefilm’ssimplebeautyisinthedetailsofthemen’sreacquaintingthemselveswitheachother,discoveringeachother’sregretsandunfulfilleddesires.Alivewithpathos,humourandinsight.SpecialAward,NationalSocietyofFilmCriticsAwardsItssimplecitymouse-countrymousestoryinvolvesthemeetingoftwoformerschoolmatesastheyprepareforasmall-townconcert.EnlivenedbyPasser’sflairforgrotesquerie,thisunassumingmasterpiecemaintainsadelicatebalancebetweenhilarityanddespair.-ElliottStein,VillageVoiceSource:HKIFFCzechNewWave2006