Desperation

Age of Consent

1969 · ★ 6

An elderly artist thinks he has become too stale and is past his prime. His friend (and agent) persuades him to go to an offshore island to try once more. On the island he re-discovers his muse in the form of a young girl.

A Tale of Two Cities

1980 · ★ 6.1

Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, followed by his release to live in London with the daughter he has never met.

Kill Your Darlings

Tom and Wendy Graves, married for 25 years, have a life-changing secret. The story follows them through key moments, including their fiftieth birthday party, home purchase, Jason's birth, and colleague's death. The secret, a terrible act, has held them together throughout their marriage, but its power is fraying.

The Girl with the Needle

2024 · ★ 7.6

Struggling to survive in post-WWI Copenhagen, a newly unemployed and pregnant young woman is taken in by a charismatic elder to help run an underground adoption agency. The two form an unexpected bond, until a sudden discovery changes everything.

Don't Torture a Duckling

1972 · ★ 7.3

A reporter and a promiscuous young woman try to solve a series of child killings in a remote southern Italian town rife with superstition and a distrust of outsiders.

In the Deathroom

2014 · ★ 7

Fletcher tells his psychiatrist how he was mistakenly held captive by a mysterious secret service. This secret service is said to have tried to manipulate him in an elaborate power game to break his spirit. Fletcher's psychiatrist is suspicious of the story and tries to help Fletcher stay sane, because the truth is even more frightening.

Cukor

1982

A TV film based on Karol Horák's novel. The story takes place in southern Gemer in the spring of 1945. It covers several days in the first months after the war. Matyla, a simple village woman, sets out into the world to get sugar for her daughter and her unborn child. A film about a mother, which is a testimony about people and an era from the perspective of the current middle generation.

So Evil My Love

1948 · ★ 6.4

In the late 19th century, on board a ship sailing from Jamaica to England, Olivia Harwood, a recent widow, takes on the task of caring for several malaria patients, including Mark Bellis, a mysterious and tormented painter.

The Girl Who Saved the King of Sweden

Nombeko Mayeki is a young woman from Soweto who finds herself caught in an international whirlwind from South Africa to Sweden. A heroine born in the slums of South Africa, she rises from obscurity to become the key player in an international nuclear conspiracy, accidentally saving the Swedish monarchy and averting global catastrophe with her quick-witted resourcefulness.

Jennie Gerhardtová

1980

No synopsis available.

A Silent Echo

2020

“Words hide the real intentions behind actual thoughts”. This line can summarise the entire film. It's a story of a man trying to find purpose in his life who becomes delusional once he starts believing that there isn’t a purpose to his existence or anyone's for that matter. Watch the movie to find out more.

The Lullaby

2019 · ★ 9

A girl with a traumatic past blurs the line between psychopath and vigilante.