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Martina and her three friends, all high school professors, embark on a crazy experiment to test the theory of Norwegian psychiatrist Finn Skårderud, according to which people are born with a natural deficit of 0.5 per mille. According to him, the human body functions best when this level of alcohol is reached in the blood. When Churchill won World War II and regularly drank alcohol from the morning, who knows what a little alcohol can do for our heroines.
He was the greatest talent of his generation. And he lived far too fast...
The year is 1984. During the filming of a New Year’s Eve television special, singer Karol Duchoň – once a star, a darling of the public, and a symbol of an era – finds himself at a crossroads in life. In a single night, his entire life unfolds before his eyes: from the journey of a modest boy from the countryside who made it through talent competitions, to his meteoric rise to the top of the Czechoslovak pop scene. Surrounded by fame, awards, and sold-out concert halls, he must also face his own demons awakened by success. The film offers not only a powerful human story of desire, fame, and downfall, but also an unforgettable soundtrack featuring Duchoň’s greatest hits that shaped an entire generation.
One in four people will experience some form of mental illness in their lifetime. Depression and other mental health issues are not just individual struggles; they reflect the stressful nature of modern society. Tibor, Richard, and Lucie have battled depression for years, with traditional antidepressants offering no relief. Just when change seemed impossible, new hope emerged: groundbreaking research led by Tomáš Páleníček, MD, and an international team of scientists. Their goal is ambitious: to see if psychedelics can make a real difference in the lives of people with depression and open the door to new alternative treatments. To test this, they travel to the Amazon rainforest, where the experiences of indigenous people could represent a major breakthrough in alternative treatments.
Summer, 2001. Kien, 17 and blazing with red hair, returns to his family at a bustling Cheb market after a decade in Vietnam. But the homecoming isn’t what he imagined: a cold father, a worried mother, and a younger brother ready to challenge him at every turn. As he prints Pokémon on T-shirts, fumbles through Czech grammar, and flirts by the lake, a buried secret emerges—one that will shake the entire marketplace. With wit and warmth, director Dužan Duong paints a vivid portrait of a generation caught between two worlds.
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Introducing
Sound designer Martin Ženíšek, 45, has already worked with Zuzana Kirchnerová on her film Bába, which won the Cinéfondation section at Cannes. Now his name also appears in the credits of her feature film Caravan, a rroad movie that follows a woman and her son with a disability on their journey through Italy. The intimate atmosphere of the film is greatly enhanced by the sound component. Caravan will compete in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes.
by Vojtěch Rynda for CZECH FILM / Summer 2025
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