The Sun in a Net

The Sun in a Net

1963 · 90 min · ★ 7.3 · Drama

Oldrich "Fajolo" Fajták (Marián Bielik), a student who directs quasi-existentialist verbal abuse at his girlfriend Bela Blazejová (Jana Beláková), takes off to a formally volunteer summer work camp at a farm where he meets her grandfather.

Directed by Štefan Uher · Written by Alfonz Bednár

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