Jiří Menzel’s Typical Vibe
2 films — measured, wistful, moderate, layered, playful

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Jiří Menzel has 2 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1960s through the 2000s.

At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity. Oblivious to the war and the resistance that surrounds him, this young man embarks on a journey of sexual awakening and self-discovery, encountering a universe of frustration, eroticism, and adventure within his sleepy backwater depot.
Dir. Jiří Menzel · With Václav Neckář, Jitka Scoffin, Vladimír Valenta

Prague, Czechoslovakia, during the inter-war period. Jan Dítě, a young and clever waiter who wants to become a millionaire, comes to the conclusion that to achieve his ambitious goal he must be diligent, listen and observe as much as he can, be always discreet and use what he learns to his own advantage; but the turbulent tides of history will continually stand in his way.
Dir. Jiří Menzel · With Ivan Barnev, Oldřich Kaiser, Julia Jentsch