A film inspired by the closely observed life of punks who spend their lives on the periphery of the city. A thirty-year-old drug addict lives in a decaying sublet at a dump with his partner and his two-year-old son. His “idyllic” world is suddenly threatened by a letter from the social services. In fear of […]
The year is 1980. Michal and Juraj are students at a theological seminary in totalitarian Czechoslovakia. Fearing the dissolution of their school, the tutors are moulding the seminarians into a shape satisfactory to the ruling Communist Party. Each of the young students must decide if he will give in to the temptation and choose the […]
Jaroslav is a handsome and seemingly good-natured son, father and decent husband. But, in fact, he is pathologically jealous of his wife Blanka and very much afraid that she will leave him one day with their three children. Jaroslav and his family do not hesitate to employ violence, deceit and terror against others, which ultimately […]
Winter 1939. Flamboyant Czech diplomat Jan Masaryk has fled to America to escape his recent past. Germany has invaded Czechoslovakia and Masaryk is now a man without a nation. In America, he tries to forget the personal and political betrayals he and his country have suffered – but these events shadow his every step. Having […]
Slovakia, 1944. Young Eva works in a factory owned by the rich and arrogant Bar. Her plan is to keep her head down and survive until her husband Jack returns from the war. One day, Jack appears in the village, having deserted his unit, hoping he can get back to his and Eva’s old life. […]
Nina is 12. Her parents are getting a divorce and her world is falling apart before her eyes. Her mum and dad say they are only doing what is best for her but, in fact, they act as though they only cared about themselves. Nina doesn’t understand them. She feels abandoned and deceived – it’s […]
Ľudovít lost his son to a ruthless neo-Nazi attack. But, due to a failure of the Slovak judicial system, the attackers are soon released and Ľudovít is faced with an absurd instance of injustice. He struggles with the impassive police force, the opportunistic judge, but also with the fact that he was never really close […]
Thomas is not a very sociable type. He is employed in a funeral service company, cleaning the places where people or animals passed away. His stereotype days are interrupted by the confusion in one of the households where he awkwardly hides unnoticed. Observing other people´s lives gradually grows into a passion and fills Thomas´s days. […]
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