Buttoners (1997)
"Knoflíkári" (original title)

Twist of fate and the twists of mind of the characters (mostly couples) combine in just the right twinkled absurd way in the interweaving episodes of this comedy. Each of the characters ... See full summary »

Director:

Petr Zelenka

Writer:

Petr Zelenka

Stars:

Pavel Zajicek, Jan Haubert, Seisuke Tsukahara

18 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Pavel Zajicek	...	Moderator of Radio 1
Jan Haubert	...	Guest of Radio 1
Seisuke Tsukahara	...	Japanese with Glasses
Motohiro Hosoya	...	Japanese with Beard
Junzo Inokuchi	...	Young Japanese
Svetlana Svobodová	...	Japanese Woman
David Charap	...	1st Pilot
Richard Toth	...	2nd Pilot
Frantisek Cerný	...	Taxi-driver
Michaela Pavlátová	...	Woman in Taxi
Jan Cechticky	...	Man in Taxi
Pavel Lagner	...	Client
Zuzana Bydzovská	...	Wife of Taxi-driver
Jakub Mejdricky	...	Lover
Petr Zelenka	...	Deviant

Storyline

Twist of fate and the twists of mind of the characters (mostly couples) combine in just the right twinkled absurd way in the interweaving episodes of this comedy. Each of the characters gets a good shot at being sarcastic and each is a sorry loser at some point yet none is turned into the butt of the joke. The place is Prague and the time is August 6th, 1995, except for one episode, set 50 years earlier in unflyable rain in the city of Kokura, Japan.

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Plot Keywords:

coincidence | episodic | short story

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Czech Republic

Language:

Czech English Japanese

Release Date:

20 November 1997 (Czech Republic)

Also Known As:

Buttoners

Filming Locations:

Prague, Czech Republic

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ceská Televize

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"The End"
Performed by The Doors and Nico

User Reviews

Weird, but fun.

This is one of the better films I've seen in a while. It takes you to a series of bizarre inhabitants of Prague exactly fifty years after the A-bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. We get to see the man who cuts buttons of sofas with false teeth between his thighs, a man who spits at trains, the ghost of the pilot who dropped the bomb, and many more. At first the different stories don't seem to be connected, but gradually it all falls together.