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-<dfn :cs>Rebelové</dfn>(Rebels; Rebe//l//ove)((:fn:>This is a bilingual pun. The Czech word for rebel is <span denote :cs>rebelové</span> (plural). However, if you read it as English, it's <span denote>rebel-love</span>.)) is a //Czech// film that takes place in **1968**. Rebelové is a romantic dramedy musical. It doesn't appear to be known about almost at all outside of Czechia,((:fn:>Obligatory mention of Slovakia as well.)) hence this article.
+<dfn :cs>Rebelové</dfn>(Rebels; Rebe//l//ove)((:fn:>This is a bilingual pun. The Czech word for rebel is <span denote :cs>rebelové</span> (plural). However, if you read it as English, it's <span denote>rebel-love</span>.)) is a //Czech// film that takes place in **1968**. Rebelové is a romantic dramedy musical. It doesn't appear to be known about almost at all outside of [[lb:Czechia]],((:fn:>Obligatory mention of Slovakia as well.)) hence this article.
 ===== Review =====
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-Rebelové suffers from the standard issues that most Czech productions face: lackluster acting; odd script;((:fn:>For reference, one of the lines is (paraphrased): <q :en>Of course it looks like a shrine, it's a shrine to trains!</q> which refers to a //train time table//.)) weird direction and editing; clear lack of budget; etc.
+Rebelové suffers from the standard issues that most Czech productions face:
+  * Lackluster acting;
+  * Odd script;((:fn:>For reference, one of the lines is (paraphrased): <q :en>Of course it looks like a shrine; it's a shrine to trains!</q> which refers to a //train time table//.))
+  * Weird direction and editing;
+  * Clear lack of budget;
+  * etc.
 Reportedly, the director of the film had little previous experience with films...and mostly filmed music videos. After you watch this film...yeah, that checks out. Though the choreography here is actually not that great.
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 Basically, we're following two groups of people: teen girls (18-19) and young adult guys (early twenties). The teen girls are about to graduate Czechoslovak high-school,((:fn:>The Czech education system doesn't have 'highschool' in the American sense. Elementary school is from 6-15, then you have Middle School from 15-18/19. Then you have 'High' School, which is just university or college. The girls here are Middle School students in the Czech system.)) so they're preparing for it. The young adult guys are army deserters who are intending to escape the country, with the ultimate goal of reaching America. Yeah, bet you weren't expecting //that// from a //romcom//.
-The two groups meet by chance and shenanigans ensue. Notably, the lead girl and lead guy end up being true love and whatnot. In any other context, they'd end up happy together. While the guy group is waiting for their opportunity to run, the **Warsaw Pact Invasion** ends up happening, which ends up making life //incredibly// **difficult** for everyone involved.
+The two groups meet by chance and shenanigans ensue. Notably, the lead girl and lead guy end up being true love and whatnot. In any other context, they'd end up happy together. While the guy group is waiting for their opportunity to run, the **[[lb:Warsaw Pact Invasion]]** ends up happening, which ends up making life //incredibly// **difficult** for everyone involved.
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 ===== Speculah & Analysis =====
 ==== Historical Context ====
-The film takes place in 1968, which was a very important year in Czechoslovak history, and follows the tradition of important years in Czechoslovak history either having a 6 or 8((:fn:>Having both shows just how important it was.)).
+The film takes place in 1968, which was a very important year in Czechoslovak history, and follows the tradition of important years in Czechoslovak history either having a 6 or 8.((:fn:>Having both shows just how important it was.))
-More specifically, it was the year the **Warsaw Pact Invasion** occurred. This happened after there were attempts at reforming Czechoslovak socialism (**Prague Spring**; ‘Socialism with a human face’) and the Soviet Union did not like that at all. Though, apparently, there's a small chance the invasion occurred due to a misunderstanding. That's not directly relevant.
+More specifically, it was the year the **Warsaw Pact Invasion** occurred. This happened after there were attempts at reforming Czechoslovak socialism (**[[lb:Prague Spring]]**; ‘[[lb:Socialism with a human face]]’) and the Soviet Union did not like that at all. Though, apparently, there's a small chance the invasion occurred due to a misunderstanding. That's not directly relevant.
-Right after the invasion, most of the reforms were rolled back, plus many of the people who were in charge ended up getting fired. This shakeup apparently proved detrimental long-term, since they didn't have any new people in the government until 1989 (the **Velvet Revolution**; when communism fell in Czechoslovakia). That contributed to the ultimate fall of the socialist state.
+Right after the invasion, most of the reforms were rolled back, plus many of the people who were in charge ended up getting fired. This shakeup apparently proved detrimental long-term, since they didn't have any new people in the government until 1989 (the **[[lb:Velvet Revolution]]**; when communism fell in Czechoslovakia). That contributed to the ultimate fall of the socialist state.
 ===== Trivilinks =====
   * [[tmdbm>73213|TMDB]]
   * The film is actually available on YouTube, so you might be able to watch it for free. Just note that there are no English subtitles (and I never found any). [[you>AoK3-WMbxRk|Here]] it is.