Smoke on the Potato Fields (1977)

In this character study by Czech director Frantisek Vlacil, a stout middle-aged physician whose marriage has come apart establishes a practice in a small town. Gradually he's drawn into the lives of his patients—a childless couple, a pregnant girl with a stern mother, the son of a duck farmer—and each relationship reveals a bit more about him and the idyllic but insular community.

• Release Date: 1977-04-15
• Runtime: 1h 34min
• Director: František Vláčil
• Writers: Václav Nývlt, František Vláčil.