Payment in Kind
In an unusual, apolitical approach, director Jaromil Jires has fashioned a standard drama that features an older lawyer with failing health who goes to practice in the countryside. His series of odd court cases reveals more about the human condition than about law. In one of these litigations a wayward nephew has cheated his elderly aunt out of her savings. In court, the nephew insists the money was a gift, but his aunt explains she only gave him the money as a loan. Although the lawyer technically wins the case, everything of value seems lost in the meantime. His services are paid for in rabbits because the aunt has no currency, and in the end, the nephew cons his aunt into parting with her savings anyway. Other cases expose similar types of petty corruption.
Year: 1980
Genre: Comedy
Studio: Filmové studio Barrandov
Director: Jaromil Jireš
Cast: Miloš Kopecký, Marie Brožová, Jaroslav Satoranský, Martin Růžek, Zlata Adamovská, Alena Vránová
Crew: Jaromír Šofr (Director of Photography), Jaroslav Dietl (Screenplay), Jaromil Jireš (Director), Rudolf Kinský (Set Decoration), Jana Koubová (Unit Production Manager), Dagmar Jonášová (Clapper Loader)
Runtime: 85 minutes
Release: Feb 26, 1980
IMDb: 5.30/10 by 3 users
Popularity: 1
Country: Czechoslovakia
Language: Český
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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