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Oh, that Czech New Wave... Here's one for which "unique" may actually be an accurate description. It works entirely on its own terms and changes those terms without warning whenever it feels like it. Whimsical play on the theme of sexual awakening, getting its point across in manners ranging from the stylized and metaphorical to the blunt and obvious. A (non)narrative rooted in dream logic and (non)consequence (nothing bad is irreversible, particularly not death). Vampires that turn into weasels, wizardry, fairy-tale characters, all shades of incest and an inoffensive burning at the stake, all delivered so happily and benignly, it's hard not to take its extended hand and join the big hippie-fest that is the ending.
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