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Calamity

Kalamita (original)

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.

Spoken language: cs
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. Th... Read more

Watch "Calamity" on Criterion Channel released in 1982. It's a comedy movie, and has a rating of 6.7 out of 10 from Imdb which is usually fine for this kind of movie.

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