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Pearls of the Deep

Pearls of the Deep

1966 · 107 min · ★ 5.8 · Comedy

A quintet of vignettes based on short stories by Bohumil Hrabal: an eventful trip to the motorcycle races results in drunkenness, long-winded discussions, and death; two elderly men create false biographies; insurance agents visit an eccentric painter/goat farmer and his mother; guests at a wedding reception remain oblivious to outlying misery; and a working-class boy romances a Roma girl.

Directed by Věra Chytilová · Written by Bohumil Hrabal

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