A story about a father and son concealed within one man. It is a story of taking stock of one’s life. Of humility and recovery. Of the renaissance of the soul. An exposed singer is the main hero of the story. His borderline conditions and several other circumstances land him in hospital. During the first […]
After her husband’s death, Hana continues to reside in the family villa, by herself. Her two sons visit her with their families, but these visits frequently end in quarrels. When Hana meets Broňa, a hardy fellow, inured to winter swimming, a new world opens up before her. Broňa’s team-mates absorb her into their team and […]
A retired civil engineer, Duszejko, lives a secluded life in a mountain village close to the border between Poland and the Czech Republic. She is charismatic and eccentric, a passionate astrologer and a strict vegetarian. One day her beloved dogs disappear. On a snowy winter’s night shortly afterwards, she discovers the dead body of her […]
Cuky and Luky are TV characters from popular sketch show Kredenc, broadcasted on TV Markiza. Kredenc is one of the most popular show on Slovak market. They are portrayed by the most popular actresses in Slovakia – Petra Polnišová and Zuzana Šebová. Cuky and Luky satirize today‘s wannabe posh women who always wear perfect makeup, […]
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Jan is a veterinarian in his sixties getting tired of life. The suicide of his father-in-law who lost his will to live is the last drop to his depressive state of mind. Jan realizes that he is following in his footsteps and if he doesn´t do anything soon, he will end up the very same […]
Since the arrival of new teacher Maria Drazdechova to a Bratislava suburban school in 1983, life has turned upside down for students and parents. The teacher’s corrupt behavior, and a student’s suicide attempt that could be related to it, makes the Principal call the students’ parents for an urgent meeting that will suddenly put all […]
They were exiled by war. They lost everything. Abroad they have started from zero, without anyone’s help. The story about temperate community of exiles from former Yugoslavia, living in Slovakia, shows us destiny, nostalgia, but also the tenacious striving to built home and decent life.
World renowned photographer, Yuri Dojc, returns to Slovakia, his home country which he left in 1968 following the Soviet invasion. He is on a journey of discovery of his roots and much much more. The encounters with people he photographs and places he visits lead him to an abandoned Jewish school where only the disintegrating […]