Vägen till Gyllenblå! 1985

Vägen till Gyllenblå! 1985

Vägen till Gyllenblå! 1985

Vägen till Gyllenblå! 1985
2h 20m | Family, Sci-fi | 29 December 1985 (Sweden)

Storyline:

Ratio Rasch, the president of planet Gyllenblå, has banned laughter and emotions in order to create a society based on reason. Police are constantly patrolling the planet and anyone caught laughing is imprisoned and given anti-laughter serum. Only a few members of an underground guerrilla oppose the president. On Earth, the eccentric Dr. Krull listens to signals from outer space and realizes that something needs to be done so he sends the two children Cecilie and Fredrik to Gyllenblå. Epicykel, a guerrilla member, senses their presence and hopes to get to them first but fails. The children are put in school, where Fredrik has great difficulty controlling his laughter but Cecilie adapts well. The guerrilla knows that laughter is contagious and Fredrik gives them new hope of returning laughter to the people of Gyllenblå.

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Les trois frères 1995

Les trois frères 1995

Les trois frères 1995

Les trois frères 1995
1h 45m | Comedy | 13 December 1995 (France)

Storyline:

Three half-brothers are reunited at their mother’s funeral. After being told of their inheritance they quickly spend the money, only to find out that they will not receive it after all. The men grow closer while deciding how to proceed.

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Three Tickets to Hollywood 1993

Three Tickets to Hollywood 1993

Three Tickets to Hollywood 1993

Three Tickets to Hollywood 1993
Tri karte za Hollywood (original title)
1h 58m | Comedy | 9 April 1993 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)

Storyline:

Three boys who are fascinated with seventh art magic decide to escape from their remote village straight to Hollywood. At the same time, a local policeman frantically organizes a reception for the president of the state. His “strictly controlled” citizens, under the influence of events in Cuba, in 1962, start dividing in two parties, resolved to succeed where Khrushchev and JFK have failed.

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Can’t Piss 2014

Can't Piss 2014

Can’t Piss 2014

Can’t Piss 2014
Niao bu chu lai (original title)
27min | Drama, Short | 2014

Storyline:

The divorced middle-aged man lived alone until his ex-wife suddenly sent his son to him. The arrival of the little boy brought earth-shaking changes to his life. He had to hide his studio, but was embarrassed by his son’s discovery. At the same time, he also discovered that his son has shy bladder syndrome, which means he can’t urinate when there are many people. The father decides to cure his son.

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Children’s Sicknesses 1965

Children's Sicknesses 1965

Children’s Sicknesses 1965

Children’s Sicknesses 1965
Gyerekbetegségek (original title)
1h 19m | Comedy | 23 December 1965 (Hungary)

Storyline:

The world is seen through the eyes of young elementary-school children in this offbeat comedy from Hungary. Once they are out of school for the day, they run, jump, and play practical jokes on unsuspecting victims.

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Mesto na zemle 2001

Mesto na zemle 2001

Mesto na zemle 2001

Mesto na zemle 2001
2h 6m | Drama | May 2001 (France)

Storyline:

Describes the life of homeless people who form a community in the center of modern-day Moscow. It relates the story of six couples who love each other and try to remain together despite the poverty and despair of their existence.

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Before the Rain 1994

Before the Rain 1994

Before the Rain 1994

Before the Rain 1994
Pred dozhdot (original title)
1h 53m | Drama, Romance, War | 26 October 1994 (Italy)

Storyline:

Before the Rain tells the stories of an orthodox Christian monk, a British photo agent, and a native Macedonian war photographer to paint a portrait of simmering ethnic and religious hatred about to reach its boiling point. This gripping triptych of love and violence is also a timeless evocation of the loss of pastoral innocence, and remains one of recent cinema’s most powerful laments on the futility of war.

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