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overthinking entertainment

Movie: Diamonds of the Night

[TRAILER] Two Jewish boys (Ladislav Jánský, Antonín Kumbera) escape from a Nazi death-camp convoy and go wild and hungry.

Czech: Démanty noci

Directed by Jan Němec. Written by Arnošt Lustig, Jan Němec. Produced by Jan Procházka, Erich Svabík. Cinematographyby Jaroslav Kučera, Miroslav Ondříček. Edited by Miroslav Hájek. Music by Vlastimil Hála, Jan Rychlík.

92% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

Currently streaming in the US on Criterion. JustWatch listing.
posted by DirtyOldTown on Nov 12, 2024 at 7:54 AM

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This is less a straight-forward narrative than a jumbled immersion into the last hours of these boys' lives. It's bleak and tough, harried and desperate.

At first, I wasn't on board with the timeline jumping back and forth, but later it started to resonate. The story never really resolves into something you could tell in a linear fashion and that isn't really the point.

The extended opening tracking shot is pretty impressive.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 7:57 AM

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Shockingly, this story of innocent boys becoming disoriented and discouraged as they are hunted by chucklefucks from the local militia did not cheer me up at all yesterday.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 8:31 AM

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