The slow pace of life in the small seaside town of N is suddenly disturbed by a local scandal surrounding a man who has recently passed away. Only his wife and his friend know where he was buried, and they refuse to tell the others, seemingly in compliance with his last will. Each character seeks […]
A comedy for those who have not experienced it themselves. A drama for those who live it. Many owners of apartments are familiar with it from their own experience. For the owners of the apartments are the protagonists of Owners. Owners of apartments in an older apartment building who are sitting at the owners meeting […]
The drama of an extraordinary man, reflecting the age-old struggle of the two principles that have controlled humanity from the very beginning: Good and evil. Love and hate, cruelty and mercy, faith and betrayal. All that within one person against a background of historical twists. Mikolášek’s extraordinary abilities are redeemed in the battle with his […]
The Glass Room is an adaptation of Simon Mawer’s novel which traces the history of Czechoslovakia in the 20th century and, at the same time, features three love stories of people who lived in the Villa Tugendhat over several decades. Liesel Landauer and her friend Hana are the protagonists of the film, relating the story […]
When Herra, a Czech woman, falls in love with Nazir, an Afghan, she has no idea about the life that awaits her in post-Taliban Afghanistan, nor about the family she is about to join. A grandfather who is a feminist, an adopted young boy who astounds with his intellect, and Freshta who will do anything […]
A young woman returns to her native village in the mountains, searching for answers about her troubled childhood. As she tries to uncover the long-buried truth, dark ancient legends seem to come to life, leading to the local villagers accusing her of witchcraft.
A genius sentenced to life imprisonment for collaboration with the totalitarian regime uses his extraordinary memory to denounce old friends and summon the Devil.
American writer Philip Roth based his book in part on his actual experience of the 1970s when he visited Prague after the Soviet occupation in 1968 to help banned Czechoslovak writers. Despite political oppression, social life in Prague was extremely exuberant, full of fun and open relationships. The greater the pressure imposed by the regime, […]
“Nobody fucks with the truth” says Vlastimil Reiner, a retired and immobile 90-year-old ex-army colonel, as his friend Tonda helps him with his personal hygiene. The two old men are about to embark on the last mission of their lives: to find and kill the former Communist prosecutor who used to send the nation’s elite […]