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The Czech comedy Hourly Husband, a feature debut by Tomáš Svoboda, who comes from a theatre environment, falls into the niche of easy-going comedies designed after a rather folksy blueprint. Hourly Husband addresses the very particular issues of a very particular socio-demographic group, pouring obstacles of mundane life, such as financial problems, unemployment and family schism, into a narrative zoomed in on relationships. It's all presented in an unsophisticated and straightforward manner, turning into a mindless giddy adventure with its morality carefully closeted. Honza (David Novotný), an average Joe, takes care of a community swimming pool where he and his three buddies indulge in testosterone-releasing activity: water polo. Their ritual is soon disrupted by a hygienist marching in and shutting the pool down. Awkwardly enough, Honza rigidly...

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