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Director: Marcel Bystroň
Cast: Pavla Jirásková, Tobiáš Jirous, Kateřina Winterová, Pavel Zajíček
Tobiáš is a drummer for Ivan Král. He is also a professional garbage collector. He lives among garbage cans and a landfill. There he literally finds Pavla—a fragile, golden-haired creature with slashed wrists, unconscious. The love between Tobiáš and Pavla is strong, elemental—chaos. Pavla collapses in a nightclub. During a song, she is carried out on a stretcher. The head doctor at the hospital tells Tobiáš about Pavla's incurable illness and her impending death. Tobiáš raises money to save her life through charity concerts. After futile efforts, an opportunity for fraud arises. Even that doesn't help them. Yet in this situation, they find something much more important...
Critical Reception & Ratings
Cabriolet is a 2001 romantic drama directed by Marcel Bystroň that has received little critical attention but is noted for its powerful, elemental love story between a drummer and a woman with a terminal illness. The film follows their struggle to save her life through charity concerts, though their efforts ultimately prove futile.
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Cabriolet, the 2001 film directed by Marcel Bystroň, offers a poignant and unconventional love story that blends gritty realism with moments of transcendent beauty. The film's lead actors, Pavla Jirásková and Tobiáš Jirous, deliver raw, emotive performances that draw viewers into the chaos and tenderness of their characters' relationship, set against the backdrop of a landfill and the unforgiving realities of life.
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