Capricious Summer1968
Paired by the Criterion Channel, and both directed by Jiří Menzel
Closely Watched Trains
Ostře sledované vlaky
Czechoslovakia / Czech / 1966 / 1h 33m
- Criterion Collection
- Spine №131
- Connections
- View Connections
Synopsis
At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity. Oblivious to the war and the resistance that surrounds him, this young man embarks on a journey of sexual awakening and self-discovery, encountering a universe of frustration, eroticism, and adventure within his sleepy backwater depot. Wry and tender, Academy Award–winning CLOSELY WATCHED TRAINS is a masterpiece of human observation and one of the best-loved films of the Czech New Wave.
