Expediency evolves into profound experience in this sprawling yet intimate saga of an arranged marriage designed to shelter a member of the World War II resistance movement. "Zelary" marks Ondrej Trojan's impressive return to big-screen directing after years of producing the work of leading Czech filmmakers, notably Jan Hrebejk. Nominated this year for a foreign-language Oscar, the pic should appeal to older art house patrons with its straightforward, character-based narrative.

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