This comedy of provincial life was one of the key works of the Czech New Wave. It concerns the visit of Peter, a successful symphony musician, and his girlfriend to Bambas, an old friend who is now the director of a small town music school. There is a family dinner, some amateur chamber music, a funeral, a wake and a late night drinking session. The visit allows the friends to reflect on themselves and how their lives have turned out. Intimate Lighting is a quietly funny film that in its own gentle way has a lot to say about our lives and what we do to get by. Without bitterness or angst and without condescension or sentimentality, Passer, in his debut as director, judges the film perfectly with a lightness of touch and a mature understanding of his characters. Intimate Lighting was also one of the first features shot by the renowned cinematographer Miroslav Ondricek; and the only feature film that Passer completed in the Czech Republic before the Russian invasion of 1968 forced him into exile in the United States, where he continued to make films including the classic "Cutter's Way" (1981).