Larks on a String (1990)

Original title

Skřivánci na niti

Directed by

Jiří Menzel

Genre

comedy film, parable

Country

Czechoslovakia

Runtime

1h 34m

Rated

15

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 45 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1950s Czechoslovakia, people labeled as bourgeois by the communist regime are sent to a junkyard for re-education. The film follows their daily lives and interactions as they work and form relationships under the absurd restrictions of the state.

satiricalbleakly comicslow-pacedreflectiveabsurdmelancholicobservationalunderstated

What happens

Larks on a String (Czech: Skřivánci na niti) is a 1969 Czech film directed by Jiří Menzel. The film was banned by the Czechoslovak government, but was later released in 1990 after the fall of the Communist regime. It tells the stories of various characters considered bourgeois by Czechoslovakia's communist government in the 1950s, who have been forced to work in a junkyard for the purposes of re-education. It won the Golden Bear at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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