一直作為米路斯．科曼劇本鐵三角（另一位是帕培錫，也是本片編劇之一）成員的艾雲．巴薩，當然也走低度戲劇路線。同是音樂家的彼德與卡洛老友重逢，生活狀況大不同，你有伴侶我有家庭，然而都有說不出的不明朗，唯有以酒與音樂代替口水。全片推展不問目的，只在剎那間的意圖，行行企企比起科曼更義無反顧，卻有生活淡如流水的詩意和繆思，叫觀眾聯想到二十年後的伊力．盧馬。巴薩鍾愛音樂的程度不下於文字和電影，古典音樂與民間音樂於全片迴轉迴盪，難怪成了奇斯洛夫斯基十大心愛電影之一。康城影展青年評審團獎，美國全國影評人協會特別獎這部1966年的珍品，是捷克新浪潮短暫生命中最佳作品之一。成名音樂家到小鎮探訪舊同學，舊同學是個窮音樂教師，有時在喪禮上吹奏樂曲。平凡的素材在巴素手裡，變出風趣復罕見的旋律，一部憂鬱的喜劇，或灰色喜劇。-DaveKehr,ChicagoReaderIvanPasser's(Cutter'sWayandCreator)lastfilmtobemadeinhisnativeCzechoslovakiaisaboutfriends–musicianPetrandmusicteacherKarel–reunitedwhenPetrreturnstotownforaperformance.PasserfrequentlycollaboratedwithMilosFormanandtheepisodic,low-actionaestheticthatwasevidentinForman'searlyworkcanbeseenhere.Yearsofseparationhavebredapprehensionbetweenthetwomen,andKarel'ssimmeringjealousymakestheirmeetingallthemoreawkward.Eventually,thebarrierscrumbleenoughforthepairtofreelydiscusstheirlives.Thefilm'ssimplebeautyisinthedetailsofthemen'sreacquaintingthemselveswitheachother,discoveringeachother'sregretsandunfulfilleddesires.Alivewithpathos,humourandinsight.SpecialAward,NationalSocietyofFilmCriticsAwardsItssimplecitymouse-countrymousestoryinvolvesthemeetingoftwoformerschoolmatesastheyprepareforasmall-townconcert.EnlivenedbyPasser'sflairforgrotesquerie,thisunassumingmasterpiecemaintainsadelicatebalancebetweenhilarityanddespair.-ElliottStein,VillageVoiceSource:HKIFFCzechNewWave2006
