Pozadie

Dokud jsou ryby němé

January 1971 •Czech

Bitva na kopci

November 1987 •Czech

A New Boy Started Today

April 1981 •Czech

In his feature debut, Dneska přišel nový kluk (A New Boy Started Today) from 1981, the director Vladimír Drha set the tone for a number of Czech films, which critically depicted the state of society from the perspective of young protagonists. Although, Drha primarily found scope for his work in television, he returned to the world of a “working youth” in his second film Mezek (The Mulish Victor, 1985) – albeit following him from the point of view of an educator. NFA.CZ

Kyoufu no Yacchan

July 1987 •Japanese

Dedinský sen

January 1984 •Slovak

An old woman dreams her last dream in the house where she has lived all her life, but now she has to leave it. Divided into five separate, internally coherent parts, the story recapitulates her life while remaining a universal final recapitulation of each individual's life. Its wit is primarily based on the charm of its specific verbal expression with original slang expressions.

Signé Furax

April 1981 •French

The notorious and mysterious criminal Furax steals France's famous monuments, replacing them with replicas.

Za pět minut sedm

March 1965 •Czech

A modern fairy tale that takes place in the present.

Magical River

January 1946 •Czech

Leopold Kohák married a rich widow a long time ago and now has nothing to do compared to his energetic wife. He's growing old and troubled by the fact that he betrayed his first love Emča and his beloved river Sázava where he spent his childhood and youth. A visit from an old friend Lebeda brings it all back to him. After a nervous breakdown Leopold secretly visits his home instead of going to the spa. A wandering tramp suggest Leopold should bathe in the magical waters of the Sázava, and slowly his youth returns to him.

Roztancované kráľovstvo

January 1974 •Slovak

Once upon a time there was a king who had only one daughter. However, his kingdom was sad because the old king was always grumpy. Moreover, he liked to eat boiled duck, of course. There was no one left in the kingdom, so he decided that whoever brought him his delicacy would get the princess as his wife.

The Life of Riley

April 1949 •English

Inspired by the popular '40s radio show of the same title, director Irving Brecher's 1949 comedy stars William Bendix as a hard-working husband-and-father with no shortage of family problems.

Veselohra s dvojníkem

May 1969 •Czech

Barborka

July 1973 •Czech

Black Saturday

January 1961 •Czech

In this crime story, surprisingly, neither the all-powerful criminals nor the spies or saboteurs are pursued, as was once common. The plot is almost mundane: someone unwittingly siphoned off alcohol from a tanker, unaware that it was deadly methyl alcohol, intended for industrial use. Finding out where the poison has been transported and which people it endangers requires painstaking work.

Tri krát tri je deväť

January 1985 •Slovak

The Trial of Vivienne Ware

May 1932 •English

Vivienne Ware is defended by her ex-beau when she's accused of killing her faithless fiance.

Men Who Sleep in Cars

October 2017 •English

Drama, entirely in verse, following three men who sleep on the streets of Manchester in their vehicles, having lost all their economic and social power.

Trinil

January 2024 •Indonesian

Returning home after their honeymoon, a couple find themselves haunted by a disembodied head seeking its missing body.

Queen for a Day

July 1951 •English

Adapted from the TV and radio series of the same name, the producer of said show reads letters from three woman providing the framing story for this melodrama anthology film. The tales focus on parenting and family struggles.

The Goalkeeper Lives On Our Street

December 1957 •Czech

A boy dreams of winning an ice hockey game. Meanwhile, a professional hockey star moves into the neighborhood, offering his services as a goalkeeper--leading two rival teams of Prague schoolboys, The Little Lions and The Devil Street Boys, to fall over themselves in order to gain his favor. The goalie's son, basking in his father's glory, is asked to replace a member of the Lions team, prompting the usual boyish rivalries and battles. Some of the Lions players are so preoccupied with the impending "big game" that their schoolwork suffers, to the chagrin of their teachers and parents.

The Seventh Continent

July 1966 •

A group of children discover the new continent of the world, uninhabited by adults. Soon, many other children are joining them in that new paradise, leaving their parents and other adults baffled on all remaining continents.