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A director from one of these two countries took advantage of the other’s lax censorship to make the erotic anthology Immoral Tales. In a film set in these (15[1])two countries, a green-tinged sequence depicts a teacher watching a marionette show. In another film, (15[1])a seemingly-irrelevant shot of a suitcase at an airport (15[1])is revealed to contain a man (15[1])smuggling himself from one of these countries to the other. (15[1])En route to meeting a lawyer, a film’s protagonist stumbles upon two hairdressers from these two countries divorcing due to the husband’s (*) impotence. In a film scored by a composer with the (-5[1])surname Preisner, a soprano and music teacher from these two countries are both played by Irène Jacob. A director from one of these (10[1])two countries (10[1])used a film about a composer’s grieving widow to begin (10[1])a series themed (10[1])on the other’s flag. (10[4])For 10 (10[1])points, name these two European countries that produced the Three Colours trilogy. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Poland AND France [accept Polska, Republic of Poland, or Rzeczpospolita Polska in place of “Poland”; accept French Republic or République française in place of “France”] (Walerian Borowczyk directed Immortal Tales. The other films mentioned are, in order: Three Colours: White, The Double Life of Veronique, and Three Colours: Blue, all directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and scored by Zbigniew Preisner.)
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2024 Chicago Open07/28/2024Y15100%33%7%108.27

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
William GoldenThe Dyatlov Passement incidentThe Empire Bikes Back2715
John LawrenceBHSU BLMM's LLM MLM4215
Sinecio MoralesCharlotte's Moderately Successful TeamThere are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see5115
Justin HawkinsWe Need New NamesI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)5715
Taylor Harveysticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zoneit's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brown6715
Victor PavaoLying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, ChicagoLisan al-Quib99-5
Ryan Westbrookwhen you look this good, you don’t have to know anythingvar merchants12210
Isaac Kirk-DavidoffFirst Cause, First Cause, make me young!Les Missourables12410
Sam BaileyThe Oldest Men in the WorldAMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUH13410
Ned TagtmeierBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago BoygenAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yet13710
Henry GoffA Nervy Liberal Nanny HencePunished "Venom" BHSU14110
Dylan MinarikAre You There, Chat? It's Me, MargaretNJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess)14110
Stephen LiuLisan al-QuibLying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, Chicago14110
Ethan AshbrookGalvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood VermeerRead slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A14110
Walter ZhangMindgoblin of Little HobbesNJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess)14310
Matt WeinerSAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUAREThe Jeam Team15610