The Shop on Main Street (Czech/Slovak: Obchod na korze) (1965)
Director: Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos
Watched: 5/29/18
Rating: 7/10
Loyal dog, kind friends,
Greedy wife, quaint Slovak town.
They were Tóno’s World.
Aryan owner,
Naive Jewess shopkeeper,
Unlikely friendship.
Macro look at war,
More profound and real
Than frontline battles.
Affecting acting,
Camera as character,
Well-timed reveries.
Close call then fluke death felt cheap,
Moral trap ends bittersweet.
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