Three middle-aged friends in a sleepy, second-class resort town are throwninto a state of sexual longing and frustration when a tightrope walker arriveswith his beautiful young assistant. Director Jiri Menzel (Closely WatchedTrains) also plays the tightrope walker in this gentle, wistful comedy. Menzel's evocation of place and mood of soft summer days threatened by winter of regret for lost youth and opportunity of hope for things to come is perfection" (Tom Milne Time Out). Capricious Summer won the" top prize at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. In Czech with Jiri Menzel---Czechoslovakia---1967---74 mins.Directed by: Menzel, JiriRunning time: 74Year: 1967Czech with English Subtitles
