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Sestricky(1984)
Status: Released
Date: 1984-03-01
63%
6 Votes
Time: 1h 25m
Overview:
A Czech psychological film about the school of life, its sorrows and beauties. The main character is a young aspiring nurse Marie Sahulová, who, after a trouble in the hospital - she secretly brought a boy to her boarding school - is transferred to a rural health centre, where together with an old doctor and a peculiar nurse she has to travel around twenty-five villages and a number of solitudes in the harsh environment of the neglected villages of the 1950s. The nurse, a wise and experienced woman whom no one calls anything other than "babi", becomes her guide, who introduces her to the practice and the pitfalls of private life in a distinctive way. In the mosaic of everyday worries and more or less serious medical interventions, Marie matures and finds the meaning of her work and life.
Languages: Czech.
Countries:
Czechoslovakia
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Sestricky
Top 10 Billed Cast
Alena Mihulová
Marie
Jiřina Jirásková
Grandma
Ondřej Vetchý
Petr
Oldřich Vízner
Arnošt
František Husák
Doctor
Jiří Růžička
Otto Lackovič
Bořivoj Navrátil
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Overview
A Czech psychological film about the school of life, its sorrows and beauties. The main character is a young aspiring nurse Marie Sahulová, who, after a trouble in the hospital - she secretly brought a boy to her boarding school - is transferred to a rural health centre, where together with an old doctor and a peculiar nurse she has to travel around twenty-five villages and a number of solitudes in the harsh environment of the neglected villages of the 1950s. The nurse, a wise and experienced woman whom no one calls anything other than "babi", becomes her guide, who introduces her to the practice and the pitfalls of private life in a distinctive way. In the mosaic of everyday worries and more or less serious medical interventions, Marie matures and finds the meaning of her work and life.
Release Date
1984-03-01
Average
6.3
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