51-year-old Herbert Strehlow, a furniture restorer, falls in love with 21-year-old Lea, who has not spoken a word since childhood when her father killed her mother. She bears a striking resemblance to Herbert’s dead wife. They get married, but their relationship seems doomed, until gradually each one manages to penetrate the mysterious world of the other, and they begin to realize that they are bound by a kind of spiritual relationship. For Lea it is the death of her mother, for Herbert it is the death of his first wife. His hard exterior slowly beings to thaw, and he starts to show feelings and responses that soften Lea’s initial hatred and fear of him, and which put their relationship in a more positive light.Read More »
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Ivan Fíla – Lea (1996)
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Juraj Jakubisko – Mal’ované na dreve AKA Painted on Wood (1979)
1971-1980DramaFantasyJuraj JakubiskoSlovakiaA rare film by Juraj Jakubisko about the power of music.Read More »
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Juraj Jakubisko – Perinbaba aka The Feather Fairy (1985)
1981-1990FantasyJuraj JakubiskoSlovakiaA 1985 adaptation of the Brothers Grimm’s Mother Hulda short story directed by Slovak director Juraj Jakubisko. A fairy tale about a grandma who cares for snow and a boy who isn’t afraid of death.Read More »
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Dusan Hanák – Tichá radost AKA Quiet Happiness AKA Silent Joy (1986)
1981-1990ArthouseDramaDusan HanákSlovakiaSynopsis
A psychological study of a woman who chooses solitude as an escape from the duplicity and emotional barrenness of the men around her.Read More » -
Kveto Hecko & Michal Ruttkay & Vladimir Stric – Iba den AKA Only a Day (1989)
1981-1990DramaKveto HeckoMichal RuttkaySlovakiaVladimir StricA joint work of three debuting directors. It is a film about former rock musicians, members of a banned rock band. The friends were forced to replace their ideals by settled family lives and ordinary jobs. When their former lead singer has to go to hospital for therapy, they get an unexpected opportunity to play together again and recall the old times. The day when all needs to be arranged for the performance is full of small lies, compromises, and morally doubtful decisions.Read More »
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Stefan Uher – Slnko v sieti AKA The Sun in a Net (1962) (HD)
1961-1970ArthouseCzech RepublicDramaStefan UherSynopsis:
Oldrich “Fajolo” Fajták (Marián Bielik), a student who directs quasi-existentialist verbal abuse at his girlfriend Bela Blazejová (Jana Beláková), takes off to a formally volunteer summer work camp at a farm where he meets her grandfather.Read More » -
Juraj Jakubisko – Nevera po slovensky AKA Infidelity the Slovak Way (1981)
1981-1990ClassicsComedyCzech RepublicJuraj JakubiskoJakubisko’s comedy about infidelity inside the community of lumberjacks in three chapters. First, Group of men gets to know that there comes a group of female brigadiers to a near village and tries to seduce them, which won’t come out as precisely as they wanted. In the next chapter, one girl got pregnant and lumberjacks tries to solve this by a wedding to a man called Domino. In the final phase, they’re struggling for the succesful wedding and are affraid of possible punishment from their wives.Read More »
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Martin Tapák – Pacho, hybsky zbojník AKA Pacho, the Brigand of Hybe (1976)
1971-1980AdventureComedyMartin TapákSlovakiaQuote:
Bittersweet comedy about opression of poor Slovakian people by Austro-Hungarian aristocracy.Quote:
A funny outlaw tale inspired by traditional folk humour. Pacho is no ordinary outlaw. He detests injustice and feudal oppression and he copes with each troublesome situation with the help of his cleverness and wit.Read More » -
Mira Fornay – Môj pes Killer AKA My Dog Killer (2013)
2011-2020DramaMira FornaySlovakiaMarek has no real friends except his guard dog and hangs out with skinheads. When his dispirited mother reappears in his life, Marek faces a horrible predicament. An authentic and hypnotic chronicle of a sluggish existence always on the verge of explosion.Read More »