A man whose only pride is his ability to spit perfectly onto passing steam locomotives.
While the chapters seem independent at first, they are tightly linked by shared motifs and "cause and effect": Knoflikari(1997)
A man dealing with infidelity and the literal loss of buttons in his cab. A man whose only pride is his ability
The film opens with a strange prologue in 1945 Kokura, Japan, where four men curse the bad weather—unaware that the rain is the only thing saving them from the atomic bomb originally destined for their city. Fast forward 50 years to Prague, 1995, and the ghost of that historical event continues to ripple through a series of "tragicomic" vignettes. Fast forward 50 years to Prague, 1995, and
Couples struggling to find genuine love in a society where "everything is in motion" and everyone is essentially alone. Why It Still Matters
The title comes from one of the film’s most infamous "deviations": a group of men (called "Tverps") who use dentures held between their thighs to "bite" buttons off furniture—sofas, taxi seats, you name it. It’s a literal manifestation of Zelenka’s theme: minor, personal perversions that people use to cope with a world that feels increasingly fragmented and chaotic.