Click here to visit our new site --> CafeDVD 2.0 Closely Watched Trains (1966) Rating: Starring: Vaclav Neckar, Josef Somr, Vlastimil Brodsky, Vladimir Valenta, Alois Vachek Director: Jiri Menzel Category: Avant Garde, Foreign, Classics, Classics, Special Interest Studio: Criterion Subtitles: English Length: 93 mins     At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher's apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity.Oblivious to the war and the resistance that surrounds him, this young man embarks on a journey of sexual awakening and self-discovery, encountering a universe of frustration, eroticism, and adventure within his sleepy backwater depot.Wry and tender, Academy Award-winning Closely Watched Trains is a masterpiece of human observation and one of the best-loved films of the Czech New Wave.               Critic's Reviews metalluk Epinions Read Review DavidMac Epinions Read Review