In a cafe, people talk, their words become expresively-shaped balloons. An older waiter tries to connect with a young woman who's reading. She brushes him off, but gets into an animated and romantic conversation with a young man. A dog goes from table to table drinking beer and wine when people aren't looking. Older men talk about sexual conquests until one of their wives interrupts them. The young couple argues; he starts to leave, she pleads, he leaves anyway. The waiter tries to help. Old guys talk until they nod off. Women chat. Later, as the waiter cleans up, the finds the young woman's book. He sighs, the dog sleeps it off.

Five young people take off in a lighter-than-air machine at the Prague Centennial Exhibition. A live-action/animated film based loosely on Jules Verne's novels Two Years' Vacation and The Mysterious Island. The film in Art Nouveau style consists of live-action scenes, generally shot in black and white, as well as hand-drawn, stop-motion, and cutout animation. Various live-action and animated elements are often composited into the same scene.

With the same wit and perception that distinguished his charming books on Paris, New York, and San Francisco, M Sasek presents stylish, elegant London in This is London , first published in 1959 and now updated for the 21st century. Here this beloved illustrator shares his impressions of London with its beautiful buildings, historic monuments, bridges, parks, shops and Piccadilly Circus, black cabs, Horse Guards, and famed Underground. Sasek has cast his loving eye on London and the result are colorful, sophisticated pictures of one of the most exciting cities in the world, paired with a lively text that keeps a playful sense of fun while taking the reader to the highlights of one of the world’s great capitals.
This is London is a facsimile editions of Sasek’s original title. His brilliant, vibrant illustrations have been meticulously preserved and remain true to his vision. With the passing of time facts have been updated where applicable in the back of the book. The result is a treasure with an elegant, classic look and delightful narrative that will charm both children and their parents, many of whom will remember the same book from their own childhood.

在园丁看来，一年都是春天，生命永远年轻，万物都在绽放。像园丁一样，以虔诚之心，给予这个大地温暖与爱。
一月要看天气，二月要看土地、三月……
每个月园丁都有忙不完的事，可这是生活，是希望，是未来。
生活就像一面多棱镜，从不同角度看，总会有新的发现。
这是属于卡雷尔·恰佩克的“园丁手册”，也是属于我们的“心灵花园”。

1962 film by Karel Zeman

Czech literature teacher Josef Tkaloun, who is past retirement age, realises one day that he no longer understands his pupils, and so he quits… dramatically. What he does not predict is that in doing this he will lose his sense of place in society.

1983 short film directed by Jan Švankmajer

《不能承受的生命之轻》是米兰·昆德拉最负盛名的作品。小说描写了托马斯与特丽莎、萨丽娜之间的感情生活。但它不是一个男人和两个女人的三角性爱故事，它是一部哲理小说，小说从“永恒轮回”的讨论开始，把读者带入了对一系列问题的思考中，比如轻与重、灵与肉。
《不能承受的生命之轻》是一部意象繁复的书，其中装载了多种涵义：被政治化了的社会内涵的揭示、人性考察、个人命运在特定历史与政治语境下的呈现，以及对两性关系本质上的探索等。昆德拉将这些元素糅合在一起，写成一部非同凡响的小说——其中既有隐喻式的哲学思考，也有人的悲欢离合的生命历程的展现。

爱读书的主人买了一个新书柜，他的藏书纷纷爬上书柜，按照文学、哲学、自然、社科、音乐、绘画、饮食、旅游分门别类排列起来。不过这个过程喧嚣不已，本门类的书之间还分化出小的帮派，彼此斗争不断。比如拉封丹大预言和牛津字典的互相斗气、亚里士多德与柏拉图相互蚕食。音乐书籍们自顾自开起了演唱会，绘画书籍则开办了名画展览。
喧嚣过后，各类书籍纷纷就位，原本空空的书架被排得满满当当，只剩下托尔斯泰、莎士比亚、陀思妥耶夫斯基这样的大部头留在地上垫书架……

1992 Czech animated short film directed by Jan Švankmajer

某个昏暗的工厂内，有一条颇为怪异的生产线。传送履带上满满都是各种生物的小宝宝，他们呱呱而泣，聒噪不停。传送履带的终端，小宝宝们落入篮筐内，送子鹤领走各自所负责的宝宝，简单喂过奶后，便将孩子们送到各自的父母那里。一对普通的夫妇，焦灼地等待宝贝的到来。门铃一响，他们赶紧开门将娃娃接了进来。与此同时，森林里一对狗熊夫妇也接到了他们的小宝宝。谁知好景不长，人类和狗熊父母很快发现他们的孩子和自己长得并不一样。一番争吵乃至烦恼过后，他们决定接受现实，将宝宝尽力打造成自己的模样。
一切似乎归于平静，而就在此时配送公司来信，通知了他们弄错孩子的事实……

A human body gradually reconstructs itself as its various component parts crowd themselves into a small room and eventually, after much experimentation, sort out which part goes where.

《生活在别处》是一个年轻艺术家的肖像画。昆德拉以其独到的笔触塑造出雅罗米尔这样一个形象，描绘了这个年轻诗人充满激情而又短暂的一生，具有“发展小说”的许多特点。就其题材而言，表现一个艺术家（或知识分子）是本世纪文学的一个重要领域，因为展示我们这个复杂的时代也只有复杂的人物才能承担。在这部作品中，作者对诗人创作过程的分析是微妙而精细的。创作过程当然不仅指下笔写作的过程，而且更广义地指一个诗人的全部成长过程。用作者自己的话说，这部小说是“对我所称之为抒情态度的一个分析。”正是在这样的创作意图下，这部书最初曾被题名为《抒情时代》。作者所要表现和所要探究的是，人的心灵所具有的激情，它的产生和它的结果。因而这本书又是一本现代心理小说，表现了一个诗人的艺术感觉的成长。书中每一章　节的名称都展示了诗人生命历程的一个阶段。他的童年、少年和青年时代，他怎样读书，怎样恋爱，以及怎样做梦等等。关于时代的全貌和他人的活动都迟到了远处，一切观察的焦点都集中在主人公身上，并且与他的内心活动有关。有如激情的涧水，在时间的乱山碎石中流过，两岸的景致并不重要，重要的是溪流将流向沃野还是沙漠。换句话说，作者在这里所关心的是诗人心理和精神上的发育。为了潜入到人物意识中最隐秘的角落，作者采用了一种我们可以称之为客观意识流的叙述方式：时间与空间交织（不同时期不同地点所发生的事常常出现在同一段叙述中），现实与梦幻交织（第二章《泽维尔》完全是一个梦套一个梦），情节的跳宏，思考的猝然与不连贯，故意模糊主语的陈述，这些都使此书更接近于诗歌而不是小说。假如我们把书中这些抒情性的因素去掉，这部作品的内容就剩不下什么了。这种形式使我们更能切近诗人的内心活动，感触到诗人的激情是怎样产生和燃烧的。