The Karamazovs (Czech: Karamazovi) is a 2008 Czech film directed by Petr Zelenka with a soundtrack by Jan A. P. Kaczmarek. It tells the story of a group of Czech actors who come to Polish steelworks to perform a stage adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov at an alternative drama festival. As rehearsals get under way, we follow not only the emotional story examining issues of faith, immortality and the salvation of the human soul, but also the relationships within the acting troupe itself, which strangely reflect Dostoevsky’s "great" themes. The stage drama is transferred to the real world when a tragedy occurs during rehearsal involving one of the spectators. Karamazovi won the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) award in Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 2008 and was submitted by The Czech Republic for the 2009 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
, 1h24 OriginRepublique tcheque GenresDrama, Animation ActorsMiroslav Krobot, Karel Roden, Ivan Trojan, Tereza Voříšková, Klára Melíšková, Zuzana Stavná Rating65% L'intrigue commence en Tchécoslovaquie à l'automne 1989. Aloïs Nebel, chef d'une petite gare dans une petite commune de la région des Jeseníky, la partie orientale des Sudètes près la frontière polonaise, vit seul, plongé dans ses souvenirs qu'il croit revoir chaque fois que le brouillard se lève et qui remontent à l'immédiate après-guerre, lors de l'expulsion hors de Tchécoslovaquie des Allemands des Sudètes.
, 1h40 GenresDrama, Comedy, Comedy-drama ActorsIvan Trojan, Miroslav Krobot, Zuzana Šulajová, Jiří Bartoška, Zuzana Bydžovská Rating71% A former aircrew member (Petr) is no longer flying, but works in an aviation-related dead-end job, loading boxes at an air-cargo company. He spends his working hours dreaming of re-winning the hand of his former fianceé (Jana), who has moved on to another man whose prospects seem better. He spends his off hours surreptitiously observing a female neighbor.
, 1h46 Directed byDavid Ondříček GenresDrama, Thriller, Crime ActorsIvan Trojan, Sebastien Koch, Miroslav Krobot Rating70% Dans l'ex-Tchécoslovaquie, les années 1950, le capitaine de police Hakl enquête sur un vol de bijoux. Un coffre-fort ouvert mène à un cambrioleur connu. Ce qui semble être une affaire simple commence bientôt à s’embrouiller. Quand il est dessaisi du cas, il décide de continuer seul. L'enquête le conduit en eaux troubles. Peut-il battre un ennemi plus fort et sauver sa famille et sa propre vie?
, 1h40 Directed byRobert Malcolm Young OriginUSA GenresDrama, Crime ThemesPrison films, Films based on plays ActorsBruce Davison, Nathan George, Mark Margolis, Luis Guzmán, Shawn Elliott, Henry Judd Baker Rating69% Short Eyes is set in an unnamed prison in New York City, whose inmates are predominantly black or Puerto Rican. One day, Clark Davis, a young, middle-class white man accused of raping a young girl, arrive. His fellow prisoners immediately turn on him — pedophiles are considered the lowest form of prison life — except for Juan, one of the institution's older prisoners, who treats him with dignity. While Davis insists he doesn't remember raping the girl, he admits that he has molested several other children.