The Joke
Year: 1969
Runtime: 77 mins
Language: Czech
Director: Jaromil Jireš
Set against the oppressive climate of 1950s Czechoslovakia, Ludvik Jahn is expelled from both the Communist Party and his university after a politically charged love note to his girlfriend provokes outrage among his peers. Fifteen years later, he plots revenge by attempting to seduce Helena, the wife of one of his accusers, exposing lingering resentments and moral ambiguity.
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