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Teploty stoupají a davy lidí se každý den, jako zvířata u pouštní louže, tlačí kolem břehů koupališť. Vyřvávající letní hity umlčí hlášení o dvou pohřešovaných chlapcích. Můžeme být svědky tragédie, nebo ulehnout do stínu s pocitem, že se nás to netýká.

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Temperatures are rising and crowds of people push around the banks of lakes every day, as if they were thirsty animals. Summer hits blasting from the speakers are silenced by an announcement of two boys gone missing. We may witness a tragedy or just lie in the shadows with the feeling that it’s not our concern.

A scorching summer’s day down by the lake. The hordes flock to the water’s edge and people start to get tetchy. The woman selling tickets is sweltering and bad-tempered because she hasn’t got enough change. Yet no-one has time for her because their main goal is finding the best place to put down their towels. The lifeguard is well able to keep the crowds under control – so long as he has a nice cold beer to hand. Although seemingly like any other, this particular afternoon by the lake is disturbed by a panic-stricken woman searching for her two children. Yet nobody takes her seriously; children are always getting lost and everything’s bound to be OK… Anatomy of a Czech Afternoon examines the limits of selfishness and our inability to look further than the confines of our own comfort zone.

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