Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2021

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Brighton 4th (Country: Russia, Georgia; Year: 2021; Director: Levan Koguashvili; Writer: Boris Frumin; Stars: Levan Tediashvili, Nadezhda Mikhalkova, Giorgi Tabidze, Kakhi Kavsadze)
The story of a Georgian wrestler, Kakhi, en route to Brooklyn to help his son out of a gambling debt.
Dreams About Stray Cats (Country: Czech Republic, US, France; Year: 2020; Director: David Sís; Writer: David Sís)
The director traces his life from childhood and forced emigration to the US, through to the present day..
My Sunny Maad (Country: Czech Republic, France, Slovak Republic; Year: 2021; Director: Michaela Pavlátová; Writer: Ivan Arsenjev, based on the book by Petra Procházková; Stars: Zuzana Stivínová, Haji gul Asir, Shahid Maqsoodi, Shamla Maqsoodi)
A bride leaves Prague behind and moves with Nazir to Kabul, where she becomes part of a family she has never met. The new world brings much joy, but also difficulties that a European married to an Afghan man must overcome.
The Party and The Guests (O slavnosti a hostech, A Report On The Party And The Guests) (Country: Czechoslovakia; Year: 1966; Director: Jan Nemec; Writer: Ester Krumbachová, Ester Krumbachová, Jan Nemec; Stars: Ivan Vyskocil, Jan Klusák, Jiri Nemec, Pavel Bosek, Karel Mares, Evald Schorm, Jana Pracharová, Zdena Skvorecka, Milon Novotny, Helena Pejsková, Dana Nemcova, Antonin Prazak, Josef Skvorecký, Adolf Siroký, Václav Vodák)
Parable of power set on a day out to the country.
Reconstruction Of Occupation (Rekonstrukce Okupace) (Country: Czech Republic, Slovak Republic; Year: 2021; Director: Jan Šikl; Writer: Jan Šikl)
A documentary about the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia.
Suspicion (Podezření) (Country: Czech Republic, France; Year: 2022; Director: Michal Blaško; Writer: Štěpán Hulík; Stars: Klára Melíšková, Denisa Barešová, Miroslav Hanuš, Ivan Trojan)
Nurse Hana Kučerová never smiles and she treats her patients poorly. When a patient dies under suspicious circumstances, the public, the media, the police, and her colleagues are clear as to who is guilty....
Zátopek (Country: Czech Republic; Year: 2021; Director: David Ondříček; Writer: David Ondříček, Alice Nellis, Jan P Muchow; Stars: Václav Neužil, Martha Issová, James Frecheville)
A drama about the life of the famous Czech endurance runner and Olympic champion Emil Zátopek.
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