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I accidentally left this movie out for a long time, and I'm happy I gave it a try not a week after finishing Vedma (2023) a fantasy series brought down by lousy writing.

This movie hits amazingly. The Wes Anderson vibe is feelable in the styling, scenography and music, however the theme that roots in something very known to our culture has its gist of originality.

Only two, two small cringey moments in the whole movie. And even those were followed by a mouthful of laughter. That's amazing, and Dusicka did a great work with the script.

Starting a movie in medias res is brave. But even though the storyline is kinda all over the place, it's still easy enough to follow by anyone (I'd eyeball 12+ years of age).

The choice of locations is marvelous. Doing a movie rooted at the turn of the century is logistically a challenge, but we all know how most our buildings and public services got modernized, right?

What really resonated with me was the occasional kick or two at the inability of the gov't to "fix the bloody pavement" (make everything wheelchair accessible).

Even though I watched this movie alone, I was applauding in the end.

First seeing The Swan - a short, at a film festival, I loved the visuals. It's apparent that's one of Karásek's strong suits, another one being the choice of crew (mainly writing, camera, lighting, but also the location guys) and cast (they all play their parts marvelously, and I wondered multiple times, why I never noticed the main actor before (that's a good thing if you mostly get the same female and male stars every year).

With very little to kick at here, this movie deserves your attention, if you're coming from a Socialist turned "Democratic" country, and want a good police/detective mystery, while you're at it.

9/10.