Empties

About Empties

Czech literature teacher Josef Tkaloun, who is past retirement age, realises one day that he no longer understands his pupils, and so he quits… dramatically. What he does not predict is that in doing this he will lose his sense of place in society.

Empties (2007) is a comedy film directed by Jan Svěrák. Zdeněk Svěrák appears as Josef Tkaloun, Daniela Kolářová as Eliška Tkalounová, Tatiana Dyková as Helenka, and Jiří Macháček as Robert Landa.

It runs 103 minutes and was released in March 2007. Written by Zdeněk Svěrák.

Shelv files it under church, bicycle, supermarket, and colleague. It scores 6.8 out of 10 from 80 TMDB voters.

Together, Half Nelson, and Black Cat, White Cat make useful companions to Empties, all filed under teacher.