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Suburban Romance (1958)

Suburban Romance poster
Original title
Žižkovská romance
Directed by
Zbyněk Brynych
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
Czechoslovakia
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man and a young woman meet and fall in love in a working-class neighborhood of Prague. Their relationship is tested by the challenges of everyday life and their own personal struggles.

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What happens

Suburban Romance (Czech: Žižkovská romance) is a 1958 Czechoslovak romance film directed by Zbyněk Brynych. It was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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