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Certificate 15

Cast Václav Helsus Klára Issová Zuzana Krónerová

Directors Jan Svankmajer

Screenwriters Jan Svankmajer

Running Time 109 minutes

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Plot
Middle-aged man Eugene (Helsus) is married to a woman his own age but tormented by dreams of a pretty young woman (Issova). Eventually he realises that she shares the same name as his mother, a Freudian revelation only intensified when she becomes pregnant...

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