Capricious Summer (1967) - Jeri Menzel

Well this might be the first film in my festival not banned. Nothing really subversive about this film, just simply a tale of misadventure and a summer holiday gone wrong. The film is accurately described as a coming of middle age story, and that puts an interesting spin on it. This could just have easily been a tale of youth experiencing life lessons while in a summer resort. However Menzel playfully makes his cast far from youthful in appearance. Their antics however gradually become more and more immature as the film progresses. Menzel himself plays the magician who comes to town with a remarkably beautiful and luscivious daughter. This temptress of a daughter inspires all the desires of these gentlemen, causing fights and havoc all over. Even the morally superior major succumbs and while attempting to force himself upon the girl he winds up falling asleep on her just as she's ready to give in. Not a major work, but certainly a nice lighthearted effort from the man many consider to be Czechoslovakia's greatest filmmaker.