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Marriage Stories (1987)

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Original title
Manželské etudy
Directed by
Helena Třeštíková
Genre
documentary film
Country
Czechoslovakia
Length
3 seasons, 18 episodes
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary series follows six couples from their weddings in the early 1980s. The director films their lives over many years using a time-lapse method.

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What happens

Manželské etudy jsou série dokumentárních filmů, natáčených časosběrnou metodou. Zachycuje život šesti manželských párů od jejich svateb v letech 1980 a 1981. Ve spolupráci s Československou, respektive Českou televizí sérii natočila režisérka Helena Třeštíková. Původní série z roku 1987 se dočkala dvou pokračování z let 2006 a 2018. Dcera Heleny Třeštíkové Hana roku 2019 natočila pokračování, vycházející z matčina konceptu, nazvané Manželské etudy: Nová generace. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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