Black Peter

Black Peter

1964 · 89 min · CS · 6.9 (53 votes)
Dir. Miloš Forman · Starring Ladislav Jakim, Pavla Martínková, Jan Vostrčil, Vladimír Pucholt, Pavel Sedláček, Zdeněk Kulhánek · Music Jiří Šlitr
DramaComedy

A few days in the life of a Czechoslovak teenager when he starts work.

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This film captures the quiet desperation and existential dread of adolescence. It's a stark, unsentimental look at a young man navigating the mundane absurdities of early adulthood and the stifling nature of societal expectations.

awkwardmelancholiccynicalcoming-of-agesteadysocial realismarthousemonochromaticcharacter-drivenadolescencefamily dynamicsloss of innocencesocial alienation
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adolescenceparent child relationship
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