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Desire (1958)

Desire poster
Original title
Touha
Directed by
Vojtěch Jasný
Genre
anthology film, drama film
Country
Czechoslovakia
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Four separate stories set in rural Czechoslovakia. Each one follows a different character or family dealing with everyday hopes, small disappointments, and quiet moments of connection.

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What happens

Desire (Czech: Touha) is a 1958 Czech anthology film directed by Vojtěch Jasný. It was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival. The film consists of four stories – About a Boy Who Searched for the End of the World, People on Earth and Stars in the Skies, Anděla and Mum (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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