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The petty bourgeois concept fits best and thrives in an environment that is also small - in a small town. In a big city, everything is easily lost, and the countryside is too small for a bourgeois. Viktor once dreamed of bold buildings, beautiful women, and artistic recognition while studying architecture. In middle age, he knew perfectly well how tempting compromise can be, how to be accommodating to the influential, and often prioritize personal gain over public interest. In his personal life, he experiences a typical midlife crisis multiplied by the pain of a childless marriage and the excellent bourgeois nature of his partner. Only an offer from a friend to return to artistic photography awakens him from apathy and doubt, and he decides to devote himself to it. Finding a model is a challenge in a small town, but surviving the irritated reaction of narrow-minded townspeople with their concept of morality takes much more work and costs something. For Kachyňa, A Good Light is actually an average creation, but even an average Kachyňa is capable of much more than the work of most of his colleagues. Overall impression: 65%. (13/09/2014)