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In this poetic documentary, Bolek Polívka, Eva Holubová, Petr Čtvrtníček, and others stars of Tomáš Vorel's feature film Out of the City - take their own real life journeys to the village and countryside. It describes their attempts to live away from town, and it follows their return. Although Bolek Polívka loves his farm, he is incapable of living outside the city limits. Eva Holubová wanted her children to grow up in harmony with nature, but the sacrifice was too great and she returned. Petr Čtvrtníček floats contentedly along on his houseboat, but when he disembarks he heads back to town. In the end, it seems that the city has won the prime spot in our hearts. (official distributor synopsis)
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A documentary about five people who live in the countryside or at least retreat there for some part of the year. They do it out of their own conviction because they have discovered something. Maybe it's God, maybe it's the meaning of life, or maybe it's neither. I must say that, in a certain sense, I resonate with them, but I am the one who will probably never make that step out of the city. Well, okay, I live in the countryside now, but the city is right at my doorstep. I like how the documentary is honest and its message, which certainly doesn't make it a holy grail, but definitely an interesting testimony and a slightly different perspective on the world that we sometimes need.
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