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A Report on the Party and the Guests
Why this pick
Its deceptively civil social gathering becomes an incisive, absurdist study of conformity and coercion, matching The Joke’s cool satire and escalating moral unease.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1969 1h 17m CZE
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
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The Return of the Prodigal Son
Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Luděk Munzar
Pavel Zemánek
Jaroslava Obermaierová
Marketa
Jaromír Hanzlík
Lieutenant
Josef Somr
Ludvik Jahn