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Burning Bush: Part 2

  Unrated HD

Agnieszka Holland

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Plot Summary

Burning Bush is an “engrossing historical drama” about the tense and violent period after the Soviet Union invaded Czechoslovakia in 1968. Acclaimed director Agnieszka Holland (Europa Europa) focuses on a pivotal moment in that era: the shocking act of protest against the occupation by Jan Palach, a student who set himself on fire in Prague’s Wenceslas Square on January 16th, 1969. The film follows the brave defense attorney Dagmar Burešová (Tatiana Pauhofová) as she defends Palach’s legacy in a doomed lawsuit, suffering endless threats and harassment from the Soviet regime. She receives aid from a sympathetic police officer (Ivan Trojan), but the levers of power start to crush her dreams of justice. Both a thrilling courtroom drama and a sobering history lesson, the three-part, four-hour Burning Bush is one of the major film events of the year.

Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews

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  • Reviews Counted: 16
  • Fresh: 16
  • Rotten: 0
  • Average Rating: 8.2/10

Top Critics' Reviews

Fresh: [A] thoughtful, gripping, crisply acted new film. – A.O. Scott, New York Times, Jun 10, 2014

Fresh: "Burning Bush" really isn't intended for American viewers, and you may need to do a little homework or scramble to keep up. Generally speaking, it's highly worth it. – Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com, Jun 11, 2014

Fresh: It's tense, pained, unfailingly intelligent, and distinguished by the occasional visual flourish ... – Alan Scherstuhl, Village Voice, Jun 10, 2014

Fresh: Elegantly scripted with an edge of biting gallows humor by Stepan Hulik, Burning Bush blends an intimate domestic drama with a thrilling Cold War procedural ... – Ella Taylor, NPR, Jun 12, 2014

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  • $9.99
  • Genre: Drama
  • Released: 2014

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Available Bundle

  1. Burning Bush - Complete Edition, Kino Lorber, Inc