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Alois Nebel (2011)

Directed by:  Tomáš Lunák

2 stars

1989, the eve of the dismantling of the Berlin wall.  In a remote part of Czechoslovakia, a desperate man tries to evade border guards, but is eventually captured.  At a nearby train station lives railwayman Alois Nebel (Miroslav Krobot).  Withdrawn and disconnected, he rarely speaks, and draws comfort from reading railway timetables.   Read more