This flawed but irresistable absurdist sci-fi ranks as one of the most expensive homegrown productions for the former Czecholsovakia, with a $1.5 million budget. Its eccentric mix of Kafka and Rod Serling also makes the most effective slam against TV since POLTERGEIST.
Olda (Petr Forman), an everyman surveyor, suffers bouts of fatigue that put him in the hospital, diagnosed with "a total loss of energy." There he meets Fisarek (Zkenek Sverak), an alternative healer who rehabilitates Olda by teaching him how to absorb, conserve and channel excess energy from
other people. Yet deadly attacks of exhaustion continue, until Olda realizes that his life is draining awa...
Released:
1994
Rated:
NR
Length:
102 mins