一直作为米路斯．科曼剧本铁三角（另一位是帕培锡，也是本片编剧之一）成员的艾云．巴萨，当然也走低度戏剧路线。同是音乐家的彼德与卡洛老友重逢，生活状况大不同，你有伴侣我有家庭，然而都有说不出的不明朗，唯有以酒与音乐代替口水。全片推展不问目的，只在刹那间的意图，行行企企比起科曼更义无反顾，却有生活淡如流水的诗意和缪思，叫观众联想到二十年後的伊力．卢马。巴萨锺爱音乐的程度不下於文字和电影，古典音乐与民间音乐於全片回转回荡，难怪成了奇斯洛夫斯基十大心爱电影之一。康城影展青年评审团奖，美国全国影评人协会特别奖这部1966年的珍品，是捷克新浪潮短暂生命中最佳作品之一。成名音乐家到小镇探访旧同学，旧同学是个穷音乐教师，有时在丧礼上吹奏乐曲。平凡的素材在巴素手里，变出风趣复罕见的旋律，一部忧郁的喜剧，或灰色喜剧。-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