The Fifty - DVD

What happens in the mountains, stays in the mountains, and let them do what they want down below. The real spice of the Krkonoše Mountains are the local highlanders who live here, no matter the season. A one-legged skier, a snowcat driver who doesn’t drink on Epiphany, a legendary womaniser blessed with infertility, a barman with a penchant for fortune-telling.

And also Pavka, the oldest living member of the traditional Bulán family of cross-country skiers. After all, his father broke a pole during a fifty-kilometre race and still finished eleventh, and Pavka had his own son born on Sněžka at high altitude, so his blood would oxygenate faster.

But it’s his son, Jura, who is causing him grief. Instead of cross-country skiing, he’s chasing a different kind of ‘fifty’. He is addicted to seducing mature women, chasing the frost from their souls. Jan Hilský arrives for the race with his mother, a race Jura will probably not finish again. Besides aiming for a great time, Jan also has a personal goal. To achieve it, he heads “up” – into the snowy world of mountain chalets. There, he sets off an avalanche of events and memories, and last but not least, learns how to spit through fog.