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Burning Bush

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Burning Bush

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Critics Consensus

Burning Bush takes an engrossing -- and ultimately uplifting -- ground-level look at a real-life struggle against totalitarianism.

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J. Hoberman ARTINFO.com Feb 25, 2019
The opening is sensational and, as if the narrative weren't compelling enough, [Agnieszka] Holland keeps trying to top it for the rest of the movie with a hectic, hyper dramatic camera style. Go to Full Review Tom Keogh Seattle Times Jul 24, 2014
3.5/4
Enthralling ... Go to Full Review Scout Tafoya RogerEbert.com Jun 13, 2014
4/4
Holland never risks overlooking the hardship that comes with being on the right side of history. "Burning Bush" is a riposte to the idea that there's anything beautiful about dying for your beliefs. Go to Full Review Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com Aug 30, 2019
4/5
As powerfully enthralling as it is emotionally resonant, Burning Bush is Holland's most rewarding film in years. Go to Full Review Blake Williams Cinema Scope Nov 18, 2017
... inert and has no sense of flow, and this despite the wavy dramatic effect caused by the three-part scrunching. Go to Full Review Francine Prose The New York Review of Books Mar 29, 2017
Brilliant, ambitious, and moving. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Tim G @tmgreene22 Dec 4, 2022 Captivating, what a slice of history. See more Oct 12, 2015 A long film that is riveting. Well acted, beautifully filmed, perfectly directed. The Prague Spring and it's grim aftermath explored on a very human scale. Ordinary people are twisted into despicable pawns of a distopic state. See more Jun 2, 2014 The best czech mini-series I have ever seen. See more Apr 5, 2014 odlicen HBO film vo tri dela spored vistinska prikazna,koja ne vraka vo 1969,koga SSSR ja okupira Cehoslovacka...i uste ednas Agnieszka Holland pokazuva deka e golem reziser! See more Oct 8, 2013 povinnej film p?ed volbama! See more Read all reviews
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Agnieszka Holland

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Tatiana Pauhofová

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Igor Bares

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Patrik Dergel

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Jaroslava Pokorná

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Petr Stach

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Director
Agnieszka Holland
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