Bez doteku

Noch eine Stunde nach dem Ende denke ich darüber nach, ob ich den Film richtig verstanden habe, besser gesagt ob ich ihn überhaupt verstanden habe. Der Anfang lässt glaubwürdig die bedrückende Atmosphäre durchblicken, dann aber wird alles schneller, es verändert sich, ich komme nicht mehr hinterher, und das bleibt bis Filmende so. Ich sollte auf diesen Film sauer sein und ihn als Quatsch verurteilen, aber ich tue das nicht, schon deshalb, weil ihn ein neunzehnjähriger Regisseur gedreht hat, er sich sehr gute Schauspieler ausgewählt hat, von denen einige exzellent sind (Vítů, Malý), Musik und Kamera funktionieren perfekt. Es sind nicht ganz vier Sterne doch für ein Debüt ist das ein mehr als guter Film. (24.12.2013)

The youngest Czech director, Matěj Chlupáček, is not afraid to pose more questions than he answers in his debut feature-length film. This was a short excerpt from the official text of the distributor. The debut of the youngest Czech director, Matěj Chlupáček, didn't give me any answers, while not raising any questions, either, except for one. Why the hell did I watch this? Throughout the entire time, I couldn't decipher what the youngest Czech director wanted to convey. The story, dialogues, and monologues were all equally pathetic just like all the performances. The film didn't offer me anything, and I will treat it the same way and keep the stars for myself. / Lesson learned: Practicing at home can be useful in your future life. (03.03.2023)

Slightly overstating the case, I’d venture to say that this film wanted to look like Sucker Punch directed by Robert Bresson, but it rather looks far more like an average episode of Private Traps with lousy dramaturgy, shallow psychology, very unconvincing dialogue, absolutely unnecessary sex scenes and decent potential for camp (Malý‘s psychopathic asshole). I appreciate the courage it took to make a film that is so unpleasant for viewers, but that unpleasantness should have been derived from the logic of the plot or the narrative form, not just for the pleasure of the filmmakers, whose tremendous pseudo-mysteriousness is a rather feeble defence against possible criticism. 35% (28.02.2013)

As a short story, this film looked good, but with a film, you have to work with actors, sound, and image, not just words. This is the problem with this story, which is strong in its essence, but lacks something in its execution. Marian Roden doesn't act poorly, but his scenes are sometimes awkward. Tereza Vítů is young, beautiful, and brave, which the film needed. I'm glad she is currently an actress at the South Bohemian Theatre. Unfortunately, there is unnecessarily too much filler in the film "Bez doteku". It would benefit from a significantly shorter running time. It would look more interesting as an experiment in the theater. Unfortunately, the ending feels hollow. (18.04.2014)

I don’t know why but the story reminded me of a crazy Czech film After Sex. The only difference is that the Touchless is more professionally done. However, the sex scene with Ondřej Malý was horrible. Among the rest of the sex scenes it was so off that I felt embarrassed in his place. Fortunately, he saved it by his brilliant acting performance. After all, the rest of the cast was great too. I didn’t care for the story, but the filmmaking wasn’t bad. (25.05.2018)