Commencing November 2nd, KINO is very proud and excited to present a fourteen feature retrospective on the mesmerizing films of the Czechoslovak New Wave, in collaboration with the Czech Centre Rotterdam and the Národní filmový archiv (National Film Archive). This cinematic movement burst onto the scene in the early Sixties and provided film connoisseurs with a decade of original, daring and at times radical films, ranging from absurdist comedies to pagan period pieces. These often young filmmakers all circumvented the country’s dogmatic censorship in creative ways, utilizing genre, allegory and sardonic humour to address the hypocrisies of the communist regime. These often overlooked films represent the communal and deeply human need for artistic expression as a means to resist oppression. We can’t wait to screen these great titles for you to discover in the coming months. All features are presented in the original language with English subtitles.
Daisies (1966)
Two teenage girls embark on a series of destructive pranks in which they consume and destroy the world around them.
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Marketa Lazarová (1967)
Mikolás and his brother Adam end up with a young German hostage of noble blood during a robbery. While their clan prepares for the wrath of the German king, Mikolás is sent to pressure his neighbor Lazar into a defense pact. Persuasion fails and he abducts Lazar’s daughter Marketa on the eve of her initiation as a nun in an act of vengeance.
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When The Cat Comes (1963)
While old Oliva tells a group of children about his life as a sailor and how he met Diana and her cat with sunglasses, a strange circus arrives in town.
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Black Peter (1964)
A few days in the life of a Czechoslovak teenager when he starts work.
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Loves of a Blonde (1965)
Andula, an innocent Czech girl from a factory town, is desperately in search of love. She believes she’s found it when she beds Milda, a charming young musician visiting from Prague. Milda, however, is only looking for a casual encounter, and leaves town assuming he’ll never see Andula again. But when Andula doesn’t hear from him, she packs up and heads to Prague, to the surprise of Milda and his parents.
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Intimate Lighting (1965)
A musician and his girlfriend visit an old musician friend of his and his family.
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The Shop on Main Street (1965)
In a small town in Nazi-occupied Slovakia during World War II, decent but timid carpenter Tono is named “Aryan comptroller” of a button store owned by an old Jewish widow, Rozalie. Since the post comes with a salary and standing in the town’s corrupt hierarchy, Tono wrestles with greed and guilt as he and Rozalie gradually befriend each other. When the authorities order all Jews in town to be rounded up, Tono faces a moral dilemma unlike any he’s known before.
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Coach to Vienna (1966)
A WW2 story of a young Austrian soldier running from the Russian army and a woman whom he forces to come along in order to save his wounded mate.
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Closely Watched Trains (1966)
At a village railway station in occupied Czechoslovakia, a bumbling dispatcher’s apprentice longs to liberate himself from his virginity. Oblivious to the war and the resistance that surrounds him, this young man embarks on a journey of sexual awakening and self-discovery, encountering a universe of frustration, eroticism, and adventure within his sleepy backwater depot.
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A Wedding Under Supervision (1967)
A comedy about two bumbling policemen investigating an alleged rape in a small Czech town. One of the alleged rapists is supposed to get married the day he’s locked up.
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The Cremator (1969)
In 1930s Prague, a Czech cremator who firmly believes cremation relieves one from earthly suffering is drawn inexorably to Nazism.
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The Firemen’s Ball (1967)
The firemen of a provincial Czechoslovakian town throw a ball in honor of the old chief’s retirement. There will be music and dancing, a beauty pageant and a raffle. The whole town will be in attendance. However, the proceedings are dogged by difficulty at every step. Workplace injuries, stolen prizes, a shortage of pretty girls… and fire.
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The Ear (1970)
Upon returning home from an official party, a Czech government official and his wife discover it bugged and surveilled by mysterious figures, driving them to paranoia and intensifying their discontents with one another.
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Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
Valerie, a Czechoslovakian teenager living with her grandmother, is blossoming into womanhood, but that transformation proves secondary to the effects she experiences when she puts on a pair of magic earrings. Now seeing the world around her in a different light, Valerie must endure her sexual awakening while attempting to discern reality from fantasy as she encounters lecherous priest Gracian, a vampire-like stranger and otherworldly carnival folk.
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Specials
Preview: The Apprentice
De jonge Donald Trump (Sebastian Stan) wordt gevolgd in zijn opkomst als vastgoedmagnaat onder mentor Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong) in een wereld vol corruptie, macht en bedrog in Amerika.
The Last Waltz (1978)
Registratie van het laatste concert van de legendarische ‘The Band’, met een behoorlijk aantal beroemde muziekvrienden en een heus orkest.
Lord of The Rings – extended editions
We keren terug naar de glooiende heuvels, magische bossen en omstreden steden van Middle Earth voor de ene trilogie die ze allemaal zal regeren.