1969 (or 1990) Czech dramedy
Rating: 15/20
Plot: Members of the bourgeoisie are forced to work in a scrapyard by a Communist government in order to become reeducated.
Jiri Menzel directed this just three years after Academy Award winner Closely Watched Trains, but it wasn't released until 1990 because Communists didn't like it. The movie's got more charm than it's got plot. The bourgeois collective mostly consists of likable characters even if the women don't have squat to do (but maybe that's part of a point?) other than exist as sometimes-naked love interests for the men. There's a romantic comedy in here that keeps things lighthearted even when the dark and on-the-nose satire overwhelms.
I really enjoyed the setting for this one. More movies should take place in scrapyards or junkyards.
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