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Pearls of the Czech new wave

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Pearls of the Czech new wave

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Eclipse, series 32

Perličky na dně: These five eccentric tales take the viewer on a journey from a motorcycle race to a rain-soaked wedding party to an unexpected cross-cultural romance. -- Sedmikrasky: "Two teenage girls decide that since the world is spoiled they will be spoiled as well; accordingly they embark on a series of destructive pranks in which they consume and destroy the world about them."--O slavnosti a hostech: "A pleasant picnic grows sinister when a cabal of mysterious men emerges from the forest and takes control."--Návrat ztraceného syna: "A successful, seemingly happily married man cannot find his place in the world following his unexplained his suicide attempt." -- Rozmarné léto: "The arrival of a circus performer and his gorgeous young assistant disturbs the tranquility of three middle-aged friends." -- Žert: "During the Stalinist era in Czechoslovakia, a student is sent away for a brutal 're-education' over a simple misunderstanding, then years later exacts his revenge"--Container

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