Monday 8 April 2019

ZAHRADNICTVI: DEZERTER (GARDEN STORE: DESERTER)

Recommended. I was doubtful, having walked out from part one, but here the pace was livelier and the family so nice I just watched on. Soon it turned into a moving and multidimensional tale about dealing with the psychological traumas of the war on the one hand and coping with the Soviets and their pro-USSR careerist supporters on the other. Whatever even Soviet and concentration camps didn't destroy, was ruined by communists: businesses dismantled, properties taken over, families broken. A full scope of attitudes to the communist domination is demonstrated and the methods of silencing the obstinate ones are tackled. The tragedy of veterans having to fight a principles war mixes with humorous bits, e.g. two fighting men land in cacti. Later a maid asks: "How is our fakir doing?". The music and cinematography is as varied as people's fates. There's a post-credit trailer of part 3. 

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