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Ninety Degrees in the Shade
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Wikipedia article
'Ninety Degrees in the Shade' is a 1965 British-Czech drama film directed by Ji Weiss.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090119021124/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/374280 BFI.org]
Plot
It's very hot, putting a strain on everyone. A beautiful woman works in a shop in Czechoslovakia during the Communist era. She is in the late, disillusioned stages of an affair with a married man. Two government inspectors arrive to carry out an audit. The shop sells expensive alcoholic drinks. One inspector is relaxed, an old hand, but the other is a newcomer and meticulous. The heroine's boyfriend has stolen some bottles with her compliance. She manages to hide this from the meticulous inspector during the first day of the inspection. That night she and her boyfriend raise money and buy bottles to replace those he stole. That night also, we see the unhappy home life of the meticulous inspector - his alcoholic wife and lazy son. We are led to wonder if he has feelings for the heroine (the shop worker). On the second day of the inspection, the relaxed inspector of the pair drops a bottle and it breaks, leading to the discovery that almost all the bottles have had their contents stolen and are filled with tea. The film ends with an ambiguous act by the heroine, her motives unclear.
Cast
*James Booth as Milan Vorel
*Anne Heywood as Alena Burdov
*Rudolf Hrunsk as JUDr. Rudolf Kurka
*Ann Todd as Mrs. Kurkov
*Donald Wolfit as Baant
*Ladislav Potmil as Jirka Kurka
*Jiina Jirskov as Vra
*Vladimr Menk as Emil, Vra's husband
*Ji Sovk as Director
*Vra Tichnkov as Marie Vvrov
*Otakar Brousek as Milan Vorel (Czech voice)
*Alena Kreuzmannov as Alena Burdov (Czech voice)
*Zdenka Prochzkov as Mrs. Kurkov (Czech voice)
*estmr anda as Baant (Czech voice)
Awards and nominations
'Berlin International Film Festival'
*'Won', "UNICRIT Award" - 'Ji Weiss'
'Golden Globe Award'
*Nominated, "Best English-Language Foreign Film"
References
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