Closely Watched Trains (1966)

Jiří Menzel · 93 min · Letterboxd ↗

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.

Closely Watched Trains screens once in London: The Garden Cinema, Thursday 15 October at 16:00.