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El Paso

ZDENEK TYC
Czech Republic, 2009, 100 minutes, Color

After her husband's death, Romany Vera Horvathova discovers that she presents a problem for most of society. After years of not paying rent, she moves into a small welfare flat where, despite the rough conditions, she tries to give her seven children everything they need. She doesn't understand why social workers are trying to take her kids away, legal jargon confuses her, and she refuses to feel guilty about being Romany. Fortunately, she isn't alone, but in order for her new "gadji" friends to help her, they must first earn her trust and enter her world. Director Zdenek Tyc once again returns to a Romany story inspired by true events in which people don’t speak of love but live it. —Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

In Czech with English subtitles

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