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Radioactive

2020 · ★ 6.6

The story of Nobel Prize winner Maria Skłodowska-Curie and her extraordinary scientific discoveries—through the prism of her marriage to husband Pierre—and the seismic and transformative effects their discovery of radium had on the 20th century.

The Passion of Ayn Rand

1999 · ★ 5

Author Ayn Rand becomes involved with a much younger and married man, to the dismay of those close to her.

Horror in Happy Swamp

1995 · ★ 7

A grotesque story about a polluted area where gas leaking from a swamp causes noses to drop off.

Pavlínka

1974 · ★ 10

Albrechtice near Jablonec. Sixteen-year-old Pavlínka Linková lives with her grandmother Barbara, a local midwife who raised her after the death of the girl's parents. The charming girl experiences her first amorous outburst towards Pavel Žák, a young textile worker in nearby Svárovo. Her grandmother, however, prevents her from contacting Pavel in every possible way. Firstly, as a midwife, she knows well what can happen, and secondly, she remembers her old adventures well. Love, however, cannot be ordered around, especially not by a worried grandmother. But there are other obstacles. The textile workers of Svárovo are planning a strike and a demonstration against redundancies and wage cuts, and the factory director is preparing a vigorous response. The year is 1870 and the unsuspecting Pavlina finds herself in the middle of events that will go down in history...

Poslední ples na rožnovské plovárně

1975 · ★ 7

This story from the time of the occupation tells how the students of the teachers' institute decided to hold a traditional ball despite the ban. However, they had to cope with conditions more than threatening: the presence of Nazi thugs who intend to execute captured partisans as a warning...

Away Out

2023

During an evening after high-school, friends Josh and Robbie come to realise their outlooks on life are not as similar as they once were.

Ridiculous and Ill-Advised

A tale of American youth and a freak flag planted squarely in the heart of the Southwest, a world where all unite in a common urgency: making a monster movie, at any cost

Romance Doll

2020 · ★ 7.1

It was a pre-destined love and marriage for Sonoko and Tetsuo. They tied the knot and became husband and wife no questions asked. All is well then. Well, perhaps not. Each holds a secret that even the binds of matrimony cannot untie.

Summer

2006 · ★ 5.2

It is said that if one succeeds in catching a falling leaf mid-flight, then a wish will be granted. Leung and Will, two teenagers, venture into the woods to catch themselves a wish, but Leung longs for something that Will isn't willing to give. A touching tale about the anxiety and excitement of a boy wanting to kiss his best friend.

Oliver Twist

1997 · ★ 6.2

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young Oliver falls in with the street urchin known as the Artful Dodger and his criminal mentor, Fagin. When kindly Mr. Brownlow takes Oliver in, Fagin's evil henchman Bill Sikes plots to kidnap the boy.

Age of Consent

1969 · ★ 5.9

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.

Das Spinnennetz

1956 · ★ 6

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