An idyllic afternoon in fresh air, organised by Weissmann himself. As a phonograph plays, naive games unfold – from chess and sunbathing to some extreme chair rolling down the hill. The end of the day is ruined by bad weather – something none of the guests can influence.

After the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968, Švankmajer emigrated to Austria with his family. The “last summer”-themed object animation is a paraphrase both of the fate of the Czechs at the time and of the wealthy class. Bucolic idleness ends on a cynical note, resonating with The Two Thousand Words manifesto (1968) signed by Švankmajer and his like-minded contemporaries: “Most people have lost interest in public affairs.”