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Too Loud a Solitude (1996)

Too Loud a Solitude poster
Original title
Příliš hlučná samota
Directed by
Věra Caïs
Genre
comedy film
Country
Czech Republic, Germany, France
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
U
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man who works in a paper compactor rescues books from being destroyed. He builds his own library of saved texts while navigating his isolated life.

quietreflectiveabsurdcontemplativeslow-pacedbittersweetsurreallonely

What happens

Une trop bruyante solitude est un film tchéquo-germano-français de Věra Caïs, sorti en 1996. C'est une adaptation du roman tchèque Une trop bruyante solitude de Bohumil Hrabal publié en 1976. Tourné courant 1995 à Prague-Hostivař, il est diffusé à la télévision sur Canal+ en 1996 mais ne sort en salles en France qu'en 2011, après que la réalisatrice récupère ses droits sur son film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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