Pearls of the Deep (1966)

Original title

Perličky na dně

Directed by

Jaromil Jireš, Evald Schorm, Jiří Menzel, Věra Chytilová

Genre

comedy film, anthology film

Country

Czechoslovakia

Runtime

1h 47m

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Five short films, each based on a story by Bohumil Hrabal, show odd or everyday moments in ordinary people's lives. The segments share a loose, observational style and a sense of Czech daily life in the 1960s.

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What happens

Pearls of the Deep (Czech: Perličky na dně) is a 1966 Czechoslovak anthology film directed by Jiří Menzel, Jan Němec, Evald Schorm, Věra Chytilová and Jaromil Jireš. The five segments are all based on short stories by Bohumil Hrabal. The film was released in Czechoslovakia on 7 January 1966. The film was received as a manifesto for the new generation of Czechoslovak filmmakers, and thus became closely associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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