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Capricious Summer

Play trailer Poster for Capricious Summer 1968,  1h 15m,  Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 71% 7 Reviews Tomatometer 74% 250+ Ratings Popcornmeter
71% Tomatometer 7 Reviews 74% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
Antonin (Rudolf Hrusínský) and his aging buddies, one a former military man and the other a priest, are trying to unwind during their summer vacation at a resort. Those plans are jettisoned, however, when a circus performer arrives at the retreat, along with his young and attractive assistant, and sets up shop by entertaining the guests with magic and big-top events. What first seems a bother to Antonin and his friends soon starts awakening memories of their own youth.

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Renata Adler New York Times Jan 9, 2018
It's a big improvement over the thinly disguised industrial films that so often are used as short subjects in local movie houses. Go to Full Review
Nathanael Hood Unseen Films May 24, 2020
7/10
The kind of cinematic world you'd love to crawl into. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Dec 3, 2019
C+
It's boring, has little to say of value and its main characters are dullards. Go to Full Review
Daniel Barnes Dare Daniel Jul 18, 2019
3.5/5
Menzel shows a knack for creating magical sequences and changing tones on a dime. Capricious Summer alternates from the lyrical to the ridiculous and back again. It's as moody and unpredictable as bad weather or the human heart. Go to Full Review
Penelope Houston The Spectator Jun 18, 2019
A slight film, often funny, faithful to its oblique and muted insights. Go to Full Review
Manny Farber Artforum Jun 18, 2019
This rerun of dozed-off acting, Renoir color, and Bergman soupy philosophy winds up with the notion that a circus invariably leaves whistle-stop town sadder and wiser than it was in the first reel. Go to Full Review
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Draco S May 20, 2017 Charming, hilarious film directed by Jiri Menzel.
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Jirí Menzel

Director

Rudolf Hrusínský

Antonín Dura

Mila Myslikova

Katerina Durová

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Capricious Summer

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Movie Info

Synopsis Antonin (Rudolf Hrusínský) and his aging buddies, one a former military man and the other a priest, are trying to unwind during their summer vacation at a resort. Those plans are jettisoned, however, when a circus performer arrives at the retreat, along with his young and attractive assistant, and sets up shop by entertaining the guests with magic and big-top events. What first seems a bother to Antonin and his friends soon starts awakening memories of their own youth.
Director
Jirí Menzel
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
Czech
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 24, 1968, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Mar 28, 2006
Runtime
1h 15m
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