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Calamity

Calamity

1982, Movie, 1h 36min

In Věra Chytilová’s biting sex satire, a young college dropout (Bolek Polívka in his first of multiple collaborations with the director) navigates both a new job as a train driver and the amorous advances of multiple women. Though on the surface a relatively straightforward romantic comedy (all the better to fool the censors), CALAMITY is consistently subversive in its ironic commentary on the bureaucratic failings of Czech society.

Country: Czechia

Director:

Věra Chytilová

Cast:

Bolek Polívka,

Dagmar Bláhová,

Marie Pavlíková

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