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Buttoners (1997)
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Original name: Knoflíkáři
Genre: Comedy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Je to film sestávající ze šesti povídek, které většinou černě humornou, ironickou, mnohdy i trpce hořkou formou vyprávějí o jednom dávném prokletí, lidské nevěře, podivných úchylkách, nečekaném zázraku i pokryteckém odpuštění. Mají svou vlastní vypointovanou stavbu, specifickou atmosféru i způsob zpracování, a přesto jedna druhé předává motivy vzájemně spolu komunikující a pozorující tytéž věci z různých úhlů. (oficiální text distributora)
Style:
anthology, black comedy, offbeat, melancholic, period piece, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious ...
Plot:
dark humor, irony, satire, absurdism, sarcasm, bittersweet, infidelity, urban, city life, moral ambiguity, fate, curse, forgiveness, flashback, coincidence, miraculous event, destiny, couples, society, human nature, couple relations, train, psychologist, obsession, pilot ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 50s, year 1945, year 1995, 1990s
Place:
prague, japan, eastern europe, europe, asia, central europe
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