One Hand Can't Clap

Following the generation gap films Whisper and Loners, director David Ondříček has made a black comedy. A film with many coincidences and plenty of twists, a crime-story plot verging on the detective genre that sparkles with absurd dialogue, shocking gags, and subtle jokes. The plot throws together a notorious loser named Standa who has just come out of prison, and another loser, Ondra, recently thrown out of a security agency. From now on their misfortunes multiply. The eccentric Zdeněk, Standa’s former boss (who owes him a lot of money), is a successful businessman – the owner of The Magic Garden, a prospering vegetarian restaurant. He is the husband of a no less eccentric, ecologically-minded wife, and the father of two strange offspring. Everything goes well until he meets the aforementioned duo of losers, who have set their hearts on ferreting out the secret of his restaurant’s gou­rmet club – an eatery serving very peculiar delicacies…