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Conversations

1983 · 21 min

A quiet, gritty glimpse into the daily grind and camaraderie of underground tunnellers, patient and human.

Directed by
Drahomíra Vihanová
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Mikulás Litvák, Michal Strejcek, Bóza Blazej
Overview
Eight tunnellers, led by Mikulás Litvák, go down with the lift for a new shift in the underground, close to the Máj department store. Each day they build a new meter on the B1 line of the Metro. In 14 years of work they have made 7 km of corridors and tunnels. The work is hard and sometimes dangerous. But they are a tight group, which trust each other's skilfulness.

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Directed by
Drahomíra Vihanová
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Mikulás Litvák, Michal Strejcek, Bóza Blazej
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • friendship
  • survival
  • loyalty
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism9
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
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Written by
Drahomíra Vihanová
Starring
Mikulás Litvák, Michal Strejcek, Bóza Blazej, Jarda Chmátal, Zdenek Buchal, Míla Zima, Jirko Cepela, Zdenek Sehnal
Cinematography
Ivan Vojnár
Runtime
21 min
Country
Czechoslovakia
Languages
Czech

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