39-41 Parker Street, London
Wed 9 Sept · 18:00 · From £8.50
Our screening on Wednesday 9 September will be introduced by the close friend of Jiří Menzel: film critic, broadcaster, and lecturer Phillip Bergson. 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 Observed Trains is a masterpiece of human observation and one of the best-loved films of the Czechoslovak New Wave. Cast: Václav Neckář, Jitka Scoffin, Vladimír Valenta, Libuše Havelková Please arrive promptly - we do not show adverts.
39-41 Parker Street, London
18:00Wed 9 Sept· £15
18:30Fri 18 Sept· £15
Not the same tradition as the lineage above — a genuinely different thread to pull, if you want one.
16:00Thu 15 Oct· £8.50