Empties Vratné lahve
DVD cover
Directed by	Jan Svěrák
Produced by	Eric Abraham Jan Svěrák
Written by	Zdeněk Svěrák
Starring	Zdeněk Svěrák
Music by	Ondřej Soukup
Cinematography	Vladimír Smutný
Editing by	Alois Fisárek
Studio	Biograf Jan Svěrák Phoenix Film Investments Portobello Pictures TV Nova UFO Pictures
Distributed by	Falcon
Release date(s)	Czech Republic March 8, 2007 (2007-03-08)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	Czech Republic United Kingdom
Language	Czech

Empties (known in Czech as Vratné lahve) is a 2007 film directed by Jan Svěrák and written by his father Zdeněk Svěrák. Svěrák also stars in the film.^[1] It was released first in the Czech Republic in March 2007. The film is a comedy from the same team which made Kolya.^[2]

Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Awards 4 Home media 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Plot

Josef Tkaloun is a teacher at a high school in Prague who cannot control his anger when his pupils misbehave in his poetry class. He quits his job and despite his wife urging him to retire, becomes a cycle courier. After the inevitable accident, he still refuses to stay at home and takes a job in the local Žižkov supermarket. He works behind a counter, taking the used glass beer bottles and empty plastic water bottles, giving a receipt to the customers which they can redeem at the cashier. He begins to flirt with the customers and matchmake both for an old friend and for the man he works with. His own flirtations (and amusingly lurid dreams) almost get him into trouble with his wife, so he resolves to reignite the passion in his marriage by celebrating his wedding anniversary with a hot air balloon ride. As can be expected, things do not go completely to plan.^[3]

[edit] Cast

• Zdeněk Svěrák as Josef Tkaloun
• Tatiana Vilhelmová as Helenka, his daughter
• Daniela Kolářová as Eliška Tkalounová
• Jiří Macháček as Landa, his friend

[edit] Awards

• Zdeněk Svěrák received a Special Jury Mention for the screenplay at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2007
• The film received the Audience Award at 2007 Ljubljana International Film Festival

[edit] Home media

The DVD was released in October 2007. It includes extra scenes, a photogallery, the storyboard and comics.^[4]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Empties at the Internet Movie Database

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