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34 Days of Absolute Calm

34 Days of Absolute Calm

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Documentary

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A story about a man in a caravan who checks the suitability and abundance of water wells. A suggestive, sometimes ironic, but always biased portrait of modern Robinson. The film shows the flip side of the modern myth of returning to the bosom of nature.

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Status

Released

Original Language

Slovak

Runtime

18 mins

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Release Date

01 January 1965

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