Mumu

Fanynka

January 1987 •Czech

Muž s orlem a slepicí

December 1978 •Czech

After the Quake

April 2025 •Japanese

Based on four of the six short stories compiled in Murakami Haruki's anthology, After the Quake explores the complex aftermath of Japan’s earthquakes and other global crises.

Christmas Wafer

December 1977 •Slovak

Lovely overview of traditional Slovak Christmas.

Lain mukaan

March 1956 •Finnish

Maria Toikka is called to testify in a trial in which her husband Ville is charged. The assurances show the events that led to the trial from the previous fall, when Patron Oppman begins to approach Maria, offering her money in return for services.

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish

December 2003 •Japanese

A part-time employee in a mahjong parlour runs across a young woman, who is unable to walk, in baby carriage. He becomes friends with the woman and begins to feel enamoured with her.

The Fortress

November 1994 •Czech

The evils of totalitarianism provide the central message of this Czech-French drama. The film is set in a quiet, rural village headed by a suspicious, conspiring group of nasty leaders. Evald has come there to measure water levels. Surrounding the fortress near the village are soldiers

Across the Bridge

August 1957 •English

In Mexico, a financier on the run poses as a man he just murdered, only to find out that the man was also a murderer.

Ett dockhem

January 1956 •Swedish

August Strindberg's feedback to Henrik Ibsen's "Doll's House"--a short story from the collection "Giftas" (Getting married), about female emancipation and obsolete marriages.

The Princess of Montpensier

November 2010 •French

Set in the high courts of 16th Century France, where the wars of religion between Catholics and Protestants are raging. Marie de Mézières, a beautiful young aristocrat, is in love with Henri de Guise, but her hand in marriage is promised to the Prince of Montpensier.

Sokoliarova dcéra

January 1981 •Slovak

Once Upon a Time, There Was a King...

February 1955 •Czech

A selfish self-centered widowed ruler, barely tolerated by his subjects and called appropriately enough, 'King Myself, First' asks his three daughters to name the measure of their love for him. When one of them says, "more than salt", he banishes her from the kingdom. Not understanding what she meant the King assumes love can only be measured by precious metals or one's own talent, the 'correct' answers from his other two daughters. The arrogance of the King leads him to gather all the salt in the kingdom and destroy it. Of course, this backfires as he slowly learns the universal value of the substance, and of course, the essence of his daughter's reply. With the help of the wise and magical old 'herb woman', the King also learns what it means to be a true and wise ruler.

Deserter

June 1992 •Serbian

During the Yugoslav break-up, Federal Army officer is fed up with war and takes some leave in Belgrade. However, it turns out that he is less haunted by war horrors than with some sentimental skeletons in the closet. He meets his former comrade and best friend who is AWOL, but can't report him because he had an affair with his wife.

Brown Sugar

August 2010 •Thai

The Thai film contains 6 short erotic stories of love, greed, wrath, and obsession that blend in various genres like thriller, action, drama, romance and comedy.

Prisoner of the Mountains

March 1996 •Russian

Two Russian soldiers, one battle-seasoned and the other barely into his boots and uniform, are taken prisoner by an anxious Islamic father from a remote village hoping to trade them for his captured son.

Jano

January 1973 •Slovak

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

December 1961 •French

During the American Civil War, a Southerner is about to be hanged from a bridge for sabotage when something unexpected happens.

Co je platno kárat, co je platno kázat

February 1978 •Czech

Wicker

Invalid date •English

On the outskirts of a village by the sea, lives a Fisherwoman; smelly, single and perpetually ridiculed. One day, fed up with her stuffy, small-minded neighbors, she commissions herself a husband to be made from wicker. In an otherwise conservative town, this unconventional romance sparks outrage, jealousy and chaos.

Mário a kúzelník

October 1976 •Slovak