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‘Addiction is not only caused by weak will’: how a talking pigeon got Czechia to face up to its alcohol problem

Director Pepa Lubojacki’s heartbreaking film chronicles the lives of her brother as he struggles with drink and homelessness – and her own shame in the face of societal prejudice Czech film-maker Pepa Lubojacki originally set out to make a film about pigeons.

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