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Simple Cruelties

1994

A quiet, somber period drama that lingers on illness and care, moving slowly and asking for patient attention.

Directed by: Vladimír Drha
Genres: Drama
Starring: Radoslav Brzobohatý, Petr Polák, Ondřej Mikulášek

Overview: In 1920s Czechoslovakia a boy named Stephen is treated for leukemia by famous physician of internal medicine Josef Thomayer.

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Directed by: Vladimír Drha
Genres: Drama
Starring: Radoslav Brzobohatý, Petr Polák, Ondřej Mikulášek

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: parenthood
death
healing
class
family
Places: hospital
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	0
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Vladimír Drha
Written by: Marek Hladký
Starring: Radoslav Brzobohatý, Petr Polák, Ondřej Mikulášek, Tereza Hrzánová, Jiří Datel Novotný, Jaroslav Rava, Miloslav Maršálek, Jakub Kohl
Cinematography: Václav Myslivec
Country: Czech Republic
Languages: Czech

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