1979 · czech · romance · period
Love Between the Raindrops
Directed by Karel Kachyňa2h 6m1979
Set in Prague during the years leading up to World War II, this family saga tells the story of a cobbler named Vincenc Bursik (Vladimir Mensik), who uproots his clan from the country to the city, only to suffer the loss of his wife and the failure of his shoe business within months. When his daughter moves away to go live with a wealthy businessman as his mistress, Vincenc is left to take care of his two sons, who spend their days in a secret garden vying for the affections of a teenage girl.
Our read: Love Between the Raindrops (1979) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded czech · romance · period entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured czech / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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