Chlast

"There is a theory according to which people walk through the world with a deficit of happiness. Maybe it is enough to replenish it just a little. Just 0.5 per thousand is enough..."

A funny, yet cruelly honest Nordic tragicomedy, it talks about losing and finding joy in the everyday gray of life. Excellent actors - men in their prime - Branislav Deák, Marián Miezga, Vladimír Hajdu and Róbert Jakab will keep the audience entertained and thinking. The show embodies an intense experiment that begins as innocent play and ends with lasting consequences. 

Four friends, four high school teachers find themselves at a crossroads in life. Burnout caught them at the top and led to the resignation of dreams and ambitions. For them, monotonous days drag on in an endless stereotype of duties. Taunts from students, sometimes teasing remarks at home, their own reflection in the mirror that they don't recognize. A status quo that must one day inevitably crack. An opportunity presents itself at the 40th birthday party of one of them, when they discover a bold, and somewhat risky, theory of a Norwegian philosopher. She claims that a person is born with a deficiency of 0.5 percent alcohol in the blood. The solution is regular supplementation, which leads to higher self-confidence, creativity, drive and satisfaction. In short, everything that a quartet of happy men and dusty teachers want. So they decide to try it on their own skin.

The glasses are being filled, the level on the alcohol testers is fluctuating, the experiment is hopefully starting. The theory seems to be working — life becomes more colorful, self-image is corrected, the deadening routine is broken. They are starting to think about increasing the dose. Maybe that way the results will be even more dazzling. They want to find out if they will manage to get to the ignition point that the given theory mentions. But what if their joyful dancing suddenly turns into a pitiful stumbling - when the drink is in their hands and when the alcohol is in their hands...

A story based on the script and theatrical adaptation by one of the most important creators of Nordic cinema and drama, Thomas Vinterberg, director of the award-winning works Family Celebration and Hon. In 2020, the film version of Chlast won the Oscar for the best foreign language film, several awards at the European Film Awards and was seen by many viewers around the world.