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"Report on the Party and the Guests"
1966
Directed by Jan Nemec

A miracle of the Czech New Wave, distinguished with being "banned forever" shortly after it was completed. Voted one of the best films of the year by The New York Times, it is "an extraordinary allegory…evocative of Kafka or Dostoevsky" (International Film Guide). A group of picnickers are led to an elegant banquet, where the "guests" quickly turn collaborators in this brilliant analysis of society and the individual. Czech with English subtitles.  71 minutes.