Closely Watched Trains (1966)
Jiří Menzel · 93 min
Closely Watched Trains screens 3 times at The Garden Cinema between Wednesday 9 September and Thursday 15 October.
Where to watch it
The Garden Cinema
39-41 Parker Street, London WC2B 5PQ
Closely Observed Trains
What it is
At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity. Oblivious to the war and the resistance that surrounds him, this young man embarks on a journey of sexual awakening and self-discovery, encountering a universe of frustration, eroticism, and adventure within his sleepy backwater depot.