One snowy February a small-town annual volunteer firemen’s ball is announced\u2014with music, dancing, a raffle, a beauty pageant, and a special award. Everything is going well until it doesn\u2019t, and to top it off, the nearby house of an old man catches fire…<\/p>\n
A playful comedy that unfolds into a tragic farce. There is no shortage of people with dim wits, sticky fingers, and little shame. The script was based on the madness experienced at a real firemen\u2019s ball. Milo\u0161 Forman himself said in a 1970 interview: \u2018This is a problem for all governments, for all committees. That they try and they pretend and they announce that they are preparing a happy, gay, amusing evening or life for the people. 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