How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives (1988)

Original title

Jak básníkům chutná život

Directed by

Dušan Klein

Genre

comedy film, romance film

Country

Czechoslovakia

Runtime

1h 42m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 14 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This comedy follows two friends, Stepan and Kendy, as they go through their everyday lives and relationships. The story shows their personal and professional ups and downs with a gentle sense of humor.

lightheartedwarmnostalgicslightly bittersweetlow-keyplayfulcompanionableeveryday

What happens

How Poets Are Enjoying Their Lives (Czech: Jak básníkům chutná život) is a 1988 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Dušan Klein and written by Klein with Ladislav Pecháček. The third installment in the "Poets hexalogy", the title is preceded by How the World Is Losing Poets (1982) and How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions (1985), and followed by Konec básníků v Čechách (1993), Jak básníci neztrácejí naději (2004), and Jak básníci čekají na zázrak (2016). The film stars Pavel Kříž and David Matásek, and revisits the lives of Štěpán Šafránek and his best friend, Kendy, as they navigate their respective personal and professional lives. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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