In real terms, the 42 people who make the journey to Zlín have little in common, yet by the end of the film they describe themselves as "the Bata family ... here on the bus". Few people outside of the Czech Republic have heard of charismatic entrepreneur Tomas Bata - yet the film becomes almost a pilgrimage in search of the origins of his utopian vision - a journey to see if this vision might still be relevant for the artists, the passengers and their home towns.
Karen Guthrie and Nina Pope 2005
