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The White Dove
The White Dove
8.4
/10
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THE WHITE DOVE

Holubice

Directed by František Vláčil
Czechoslovakia, 1960
Drama

Synopsis

In Vláčil’s parable-like debut feature, a wheelchair-bound boy in Prague shoots a homing pigeon for target practice, then, chided by his artist neighbor, nurses the bird back to health. Meanwhile, a girl on the Baltic coast awaits her pet’s return.

Synopsis

In Vláčil’s parable-like debut feature, a wheelchair-bound boy in Prague shoots a homing pigeon for target practice, then, chided by his artist neighbor, nurses the bird back to health. Meanwhile, a girl on the Baltic coast awaits her pet’s return.