The Sadness of Mrs. Snajdrova 2008

The Sadness of Mrs. Snajdrova 2008

The Sadness of Mrs. Snajdrova 2008

The Sadness of Mrs. Snajdrova 2008
Smutek paní Snajderové (original title)
1h 44min | Drama, Romance | 14 March 2008 (Albania)

Storyline:

It is 1961 and an Albanian student (Nik Xhelilaj) of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, together with a group of Czech students, is shooting his graduate movie on a motorcycle factory, in the small market-town of Cesky Sternberk, in then Czechoslovakia. Coming from a country that is completely isolated from the rest of Europe, he is fascinated by the lifestyle, society and “erotic exuberance” of the Czech golden youth, yet feeling strong links with his family in his homeland. He falls in love with a married woman (Anna Geislerová), the wife of a police superintendent (Paolo Buglioni) and is insecure about his future.

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Pastoral Hide and Seek 1974

Pastoral Hide and Seek 1974

Pastoral Hide and Seek 1974

Pastoral Hide and Seek 1974
Den-en ni shisu (original title)
1h 44min | Drama, Fantasy | 28 December 1974 (Japan)

Storyline:

A young boys’ coming of age tale set in a strange, carnivalesque village becomes the recreation of a memory that the director has twenty years later.

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I Was at Home, But 2019

I Was at Home, But 2019

I Was at Home, But 2019

I Was at Home, But 2019
Ich war zuhause, aber (original title)
1h 45min | Drama | 14 February 2020 (USA)

Storyline:

After a 13-year-old student disappears without a trace for a week and suddenly reappears, his mother and teachers are confronted with existential questions that change their whole view of life.

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Journée blanche 2017

Journée blanche 2017

Journée blanche 2017

Journée blanche 2017
16min | Short | 10 June 2017 (France)

Storyline:

Otto and Martha are two teenagers who barely know each other when they have to spend the day together in Otto’s family house. To entertain each other, they start acting as if they are an adult couple. In turn, they overcome their shyness and fall in love.

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