In this film, a couple, after seeing the lovely job a friend of theirs has done in converting an old mill house into a cozy mansion, moves into an old farmhouse after persuading the current owner, an old man, to leave. When they arrive, he appears to be preparing to leave, but it soon becomes evident that the man has no intention of going to live with his children, and intends to stay in the house. At first, they find his presence unbearable, but when he must go to the hospital, they begin to realize that they care for the feisty old gentleman.　　~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

In small czech town named Jilemnice live unfortunate, but brave and jovial woman Štěpa Kiliánová, whose only desire was to fill the void in her virgin life. In despair and excessive trust, she married a sardonic, reclusive man, former lieutenant and gambler Pavel Malina, whose only wish was finally found peace and forgetting the past. They lived through unrequited love, dislike and disappointment. But no one knew that her groom begin to show signs of cerebral disease, which in the coming years engulf his sanity.

　　這是伊利曼佐1985年的傑作，不僅讓他在近二十年後再度得到奧斯卡的肯定，也讓缺席已久的捷克電影重新擄獲國際影壇的注目。主角是個智能不足的孤兒，平常擔任農場司機的助手，雖然鬧出不少笑話，但兩人情同父子，直到一次重大錯誤，讓司機成為全村笑柄，他一氣之下決定結束兩人合作關係。善良單純的傻子決定告別家園，到布拉格林礦公司另覓新職，他能適應截然不同的都市生活？他能放得下這個古怪卻可愛的小村嗎？曼佐對小鎮活潑多樣的素描，纖細而動人。IMDB评分：8.0