Big deal?
every czech person i know (only about 6 to be fair) says this film is amazing... the favourite ever. i hear it was banned under communism but won an oscar after the wall fell etc etc.
i liked it but i really don't see the big deal. could anyone shed some light on this - why is it so popular in eastern europe? my personal theory is that there was little in the way of light subject matter in film allowed under the soviets, and so what is bascially a gentle comedy like this one would have been quite profoundly moving. just a thought.
any ideas?