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Intimate Lighting (1965)

Intimate Lighting poster
Original title
Intimní osvětlení
Directed by
Ivan Passer
Genre
drama film, comedy film, parable
Country
Czechoslovakia
Runtime
1h 15m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 38 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A composer visits an old friend who now lives in a small town. The reunion brings up old tensions and quiet disappointments in their lives.

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What happens

Intimate Lighting (Czech: Intimní osvětlení) is a Czech comedy-drama film directed by Ivan Passer. It was released in 1965. It is widely considered a major film of the Czechoslovak New Wave and to be Passer's most significant film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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