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Skládačka

October 1991 •Czech

Films Confiscated from a French Brothel

March 2022 •English

"Films Confiscated from a French Brothel" is a bare all Avant-garde Anthology homage to silent stag films.

Violent Stories

August 1985 •Spanish

Five surreal short stories make up this Mexican anthology film.

Neon City

January 1982 •German

Episode movie about the no-future generation of the early 1980s.

Tale of Three Women

January 1954 •English

A compilation of 3 stories, "The Wedding Gift", "The Thief of London" and "The Final Twist". Originally part of the Danziger Brothers series "Calling Scotland Yard"

Basements

May 1987 •English

Basements is the title for the omnibus film that brings together two plays by Harold Pinter – The Dumb Waiter and The Room – each, once again, set in a single location.

LSD 2: Love, Sex aur Dhokha 2

April 2024 •Hindi

In a high-tech world, three intertwined stories discuss identity, online intimacy and the allure of social networks.

Ukradený kaktus

January 1991 •Czech

Smrt barona Gandary

February 1991 •Czech

Závrať

February 1991 •Czech

Šplhající profesor

April 1993 •Czech

The Victim

November 1972 •English

A woman is trapped during a storm in a house with no electricity or phone. A killer has murdered her sister, stuffed the body in the basement, and is now after her.

Volejte Martina

September 1966 •Czech

The series of children's films about Detective Martin, who intervenes in cases involving children, begins with this film. It consists of two short stories: in the first ("Three Bottles"), the young hero, escaping from an orphanage, gets involved in a robbery of postage stamps..., in the second ("Flying Carousel"), the children fight a dishonest owner of fairground rides...

Dalmatian Chronicle

January 1973 •

This is an omnibus consisting of three stories, all of which deal with deviations of the human psyche. In the story "Waltz", we learn about the first sexual experiences of a man who attends a dancing school in Split. In the story "Ave Maria", a cruel crime destroys a pastoral idyll, and in the story "Seas", we meet a family, living on an isolated island, that goes through an existential crisis ending in murder.

Vražda v ulici Morgue

March 1963 •Czech

It follows vibrant young Australian woman Laura, who forges a successful banking career in London and seemingly has the perfect marriage. Her world is turned upside down when she is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and her husband starts to show his true colors. When a tragic accident leaves her a widowed mother with three sons, she returns home to Australia, and is reunited with Michael, a high school friend and a divorcee with one daughter, who has loved Laura since they were teenagers.

The Peddler

February 1987 •Persian

The movie consists of three episodes that explore the lives of poor and desperate in Iran. In episode one, a very poor couple with many crippled children abandon their newly born baby in hopes that it will have a better future. In the second episode, a mentally impaired and isolated young man tries to take care of his senile mother who is almost dead. In the third episode, a cowardly and desperate peddler tries to escape from his boss.

Zrcadlo nenávisti

June 1988 •Czech

Painter Horace visits his friend, a former criminalist, and is intrigued by two strange women who live in the house opposite. The old sisters have lived together their entire lives, quarreling, doing things to each other on purpose, but they cannot be without each other. And then one day both sisters are found dead in their locked apartment. They poisoned themselves with gas. Officially, the case is closed as a suicide. But Horace doesn't think so... Even though his criminalist friend discourages him, he continues his investigation. Were the women murdered? And is Janza involved, or their friend Pesný, who was supposed to live in their apartment?

Jak chutná smrt

November 1995 •Czech

A young promising Olympian, Robert, shoots two police officers in a fit of rage. Lieutenant Morton sets out on his trail with a single goal in mind: to catch the killer.

A Touch of Sin

October 2013 •Chinese

Four independent stories set in modern China about random acts of violence.

Zvláštní případ

December 1971 •Czech

Lieutenant Vasátko is spending Christmas vacation in a mountain cabin where a diverse group of people have gathered. The painter Horác and two married couples, the director Skorkovský and his wife and his new discovery, the not very clever Jájinka and her husband. There is a murder and an unusual denouement.