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Shortcuts (1981)
3K
Original name: Postřižiny
Genre: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Francin, manager of a small-town brewery, has a charming wife whose abundant blonde locks are an adornment to the town. Maryska looks ethereal but loves meat and beer, while Francin is an ascetic. The strict members of the brewery board of directors come to audit the accounts, but are diverted from concentrating on Francin's detailed reports by Maryska, who has organized a pig-killing feast and is ably assisting the butcher. When she invites the old curmudgeons on the board to enjoy the fresh pork, they are too happy to agree. Francin doesn't know whether he is going to get a permanent contract. To make things worse his brother Pepin - eccentric, noisy and garrulous - turns up on an indefinite visit.
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot:
beer, renaissance, female nudity, punishment, provincial life, drinking, nudity, nude girl, modernism, pregnancy, family relations, small town, rich and poor, prodigy, parents and children, couples, society, haunted by the past, small town life, artists and showbiz, couple relations, biopic, doctor, radio, community ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, 1910s, pre world war one
Place:
eastern europe, balkan, central europe, czech republic
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Time:
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Place:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: France
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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girls' night, date night
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Story:
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