Walking Too Fast

Walking Too Fast

2010 · 140 min · ★ 5.4 · Drama, Thriller

The psyche of a ruthless secret agent in Cold War Czechoslovakia begins to unravel when he obsesses over the girlfriend of a suspected subversive he is tracking. This taut political thriller is a bleak and potent rendering of the emotional destruction wreaked by totalitarianism.

Directed by Radim Špaček · Written by Ondřej Štindl

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