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Intimate Lighting

1965 · 73 min

A gentle, meandering visit with old friends where small talk and quiet awkwardness carry warmth, wistfulness and wry humour.

Overview
Two classically trained musicians and childhood friends - one a successful cellist in Prague, the other a violinist who makes his money playing provincial funerals - reconvene on the eve of a small-town symphony concert.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • class
  • family
  • identity
  • work
Places
  • small town
  • home
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism8
Romance3
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Ivan Passer
Written by
Jaroslav Papoušek, Václav Šašek, Ivan Passer
Starring
Karel Blažek, Zdeněk Bezušek, Věra Křesadlová, Jan Vostrčil, Jaroslava Štědrá, Vlastimila Vlková, Karel Uhlík, Miroslav Cvrk
Cinematography
Josef Střecha, Miroslav Ondříček
Runtime
73 min
Country
Czechoslovakia
Languages
Czech

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