A comedy about Šimon, an honest, clever confectioner. In practical life, the humble bachelor becomes an easy prey to his boss, his mother, and hords of women eager to get married. The story incorporates well-tested methods of nearly all major periods in the history of film comedy: from a lumiérish etude with the garden hose to a melancholic tramp to the menace of the streets Jacques Tati. Director Juraj Herz made a major contribution to the modest tradition of Slovak film comedy.
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A comedy about Šimon, an honest, clever confectioner. In practical life, the humble bachelor becomes an easy prey to his boss, his mother, and hords of women eager to get married. The story incorporates well-tested methods of nearly all major periods in the history of film comedy: from a lumiérish etude with the garden hose to a melancholic tramp to the menace of the streets Jacques Tati. Director Juraj Herz made a major contribution to the modest tradition of Slovak film comedy.
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