Closely Watched Trains

All it takes to make a man of a boy is a woman.

Plot Summary

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.

7.3 /10

1966

XC

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based on novel or book

world war ii

coming of age

railroad

sexual awakening

czech new wave

czech resistance