Oldies but Goldies

2012
Oldies but Goldies
6.3| 1h41m| en| More Info
Released: 12 April 2012 Released
Producted By: Česká televize
Country: Czech Republic
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Official Website: http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/specialy/vraskyzlasky/
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A bitter-sweet comedy about two people who wish to live life to the full despite their age. Ota is a retired high-school teacher and at this point in life has various foibles that complicate life for his son and daughter-in-law. Moreover, he has a complicated and risky eye operation ahead. That is why Ota decides that this is the time to look up Jana, the retired actress who had influenced the course of his life many years ago. However, his reunion with Jana - who lives in a retirement home - works out differently to his expectations. Although disappointed at first, it is actually this zestful lady who sets Ota in the right direction again. Thanks to Jana, Ota finds the courage to set out on an exciting road-movie trip of the kind he would never have had the courage for in his youth. Their meeting and the excursion, full of unexpected turns and new impressions, give their lives a new dimension.

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Linda Richter I used to like Jirina Bohdalová very much. And I still like her in her 60s, 70s and some 80s film and television performances. But... as time goes by, Bohdalová get more and more (and even more) hammy. I'm sorry to say her last two films - Saxána a lexikon kouzel (2011) and Vrásky z lásky (2012) are more than anything else just two confirmations of the fact that Bohdalová's aggressively theatrical acting simply is not acceptable in the 21st century. Especially not on the big screen.The most entertaining idea of this film is that Bohdalová plays old, grumpy, self-centered former actress which constantly terrorizes people among her. So far so good. The worse part is that we are supposed to like her. And that is a huge problem. Mrs. Furtáková (character she plays) is such disgustingly selfish, vulgar and intolerant person that most of the evil characters played by Miss Bette Davis we might call "sweet old ladies" in comparison to her. And Bohdalová's own mannerism certainly does not help this.So Mrs. Furtáková lives in the retirement home, where she's bullying helpless old people and arguing with the matron (well played by Tatjana Medvecká). Somewhere in the other side of the Czech Republic, old man named Ota (Radoslav Brzobohatý) remembers beautiful young lady he loved some decades ago. Due to his illness he decides not to delay anything and for the last time in his life meet the lady. As you certainly guessed, this person from the past is Furtáková and be sure she's not going to be very nice even to Ota.Inside joke of this pairing is that in the 60s and 70s Bohdalová and Brzobohatý were married in real life (they also starred in several old films together) and after the divorce they supposedly not talked to each other over decades. PR of "Vrásky z lásky" presented the film as their great reconciliation. However, the film was a flop.Vrásky z lásky surely have some qualities. In supporting and even episodic roles you might see some really good Czech actors. In addition to Medvecká as matron, specially touching are the last performances of Jirina Jirásková (Furtáková's confused roommate) and of Brzobohatý. They both passed away shortly after releasing the film. People like Anna Geislerová (nurse), Ivan Trojan (Ota's son) or Tatiana Vilhelmová (productionist on the film casting, where Furtáková auditioned) and some others normally took only starring parts, so this demonstrates how exclusive position among other Czech actors have Jirina Bohdalová due to her former artistic abilities.However, the greatest art of them all is the art of leaving in time. In that, Mrs. Bohdalová is not the greatest artist.