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The Commune

The Commune

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 9, 2020

Runtime

1h 28m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Komúna

Production Companies

Hitchhiker Cinema

Director

Jakub Julény

Budget

$235,500

Description

The desire for freedom during the period of “normalisation” in Czechoslovakia led to the creation of a group of individuals who professed a deep inclination towards the principles of the underground movement. After many years they are unable to face their mutual suspicions of betrayal in the form of cooperation with the state-security police. The memory of their tragically departed guru, philosopher and poet, Marcel Strýko, drifts throughout their story. In an effort to come to terms with the past, an old companion from Prague organises a revival concert in a Gothic cathedral. Will these freethinking members manage to achieve a truce?