Finally, after some chasing, Vrana is arrested, charged and sentenced to jail, where he is reunited with his more successful former classmate and inspirer, whose underhanded dealings have also been uncovered by the police. The movie, on the face of it, is a docile combination of communal satire and morality. However, there is more to it. Vrana is portrayed as a hopeless womanizer who, besides having two children from his current marriage, has to pay alimonies for two or three other offspring. People were voluntary slaves, but their willingness bore them little fruit.
People are healthier, live longer and can enjoy a significantly better environment.
Nonetheless, as the opinion poll figures show, the ordinary Czech is not yet done with the Vrana question. And the state was also the largest, institutional criminal. Following the privatization that took place in the 1990s, the state ceased to be an owner, and it is no longer a criminal. Many Czechs have come to the conclusion that, for them, the situation presented in Sverak's movie has not changed much. Which is very bad news indeed for the future of the Czech Republic.