Uma Primavera

A day in the life of Arnošt, a soldier staying in Josefov. A sense of desperation permeates the environment as well as the mind of the protagonist. It is sunday, and saturday left just a hangover. Days go by, nothing changes. A metaphor for the political situation in the Czech lands at a time where depicting a soldier as a drunk was co...

Runtime

1h 18m

Director

Drahomíra Vihanová

Cast

Ivan Palúch, Míla Myslíková, Ota Žebrák

A group of people gather for a family reunion in a house on an isolated island. They are waiting for the last person to join them, but as the evening arrives and he doesn’t arrive, a strange anxiety overwhelms them. The group dismantles and the family members wander away from the house separately, confronting the sea and an unspoken fe...

Runtime

29m

Director

Dominga Sotomayor, Katarzyna Klimkiewicz

Cast

Rosa García-Huidobro, Carmen Couve, Niles Atallah

Looking for a safe place to live after being harassed by her husband, a depressive and violent man, Juli stays at a women's shelter run by Mária.

Runtime

1h 34m

Director

Márta Mészáros

Cast

Marina Vlady, Lili Monori, Jan Nowicki

Fumiko, mother of two and wife to an unfaithful man, shares her family life with her budding vocation as a poet. The beginning of her successful literary career coincides with her divorce and her breast cancer diagnosis. In her final stages, Fumiko meets a young journalist from Tokyo who wants to write a story on her experiences.

Runtime

1h 49m

Director

Kinuyo Tanaka

Cast

Yumeji Tsukioka, Masayuki Mori, Ryōji Hayama

Mokichi Asai is a widowed father living in Nara with three daughters—Chizuru, Ayako, and Setsuko. The youngest, Setsuko, plays matchmaker for her older sisters, leading to humorous and awkward romantic entanglements.

Runtime

1h 42m

Director

Kinuyo Tanaka

Cast

Chishū Ryū, Shūji Sano, Hisako Yamane