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WE HAVE NEVER BEEN MODERN / Úsvit
2023 CZ/SK | Drama |117min
Opening Feature
Matěj Chlupáček’s superbly shot film is set in pre-war Czechoslovakia in 1937. The tense drama is revolving around a discovery of the dead body of a newborn hermaphrodite baby. Helena, an aspiring doctor, and wife of factory director Alois Haupt is about to give birth and is eyeing a rosy future in a modern city. But all her illusions soon vanish as she finds herself in the midst of a mysterious and disturbing discovery.
WED 20 March 6:30pm
Becherovka cocktail on arrival & popular open sandwiches after the movie + live music
ABSENCE / Absence
2021 IR, CZ, SK | Drama / Mystery Thriller | 100 min
Australian Premiere
An intriguing mystery drama inspired by true events about an Iranian man who leaves his troubled family life in Tehran and travels to Prague in an effort to trace the path of his father, a young expatriate. Yet each clue he finds deepens the mystery and confronts the idealised image of the man he thought he knew. Iranian actor and director Ali Mosaffa’s film sheds light on the chequered past of many foreign expatriates living and studying in the former Czechoslovakia.
SAT 23 MARCH | 6:30 PM
SHE CAME AT NIGHT / Přišla v noci
2023 CZ | Black Comedy / Horror | 85 min
Have you ever wondered how you and your partner’s life would change if an overbearing mother moved in? She Came at Night mixes elements of comedy and horror as the young couple is struggling to maintain their sanity and relationship in the face of this domestic upheaval.
SAT 23/03/24 9:00 PM
RESTORE POINT / Bod obnovy
2023 CZ, SK, PL, RS | Sci-fi Thriller | 116 min
Crimes of today are often difficult to solve, right? What if you could resurrect the victim of violent crime? Sounds crazy? Not quite, not in 2041 in the Czech Sci-Fi masterpiece - Restore Point. Thanks to a revolutionary brain-backing procedure an ambitious young detective embarks on a thrilling journey to solve a complex murder case.
THU 21/03/24 7:00 PM