At the end of the 1950s, this melodrama tells the story of a family torn apart by the war and the intergenerational conflict that occurs. As parents begin to piece together what true happiness should look like, their children push back with their own ideals. With communism hanging overhead, families must come together or risk falling apart.This autobiographical story from renowned writers Petr Jarchovsky and Jan Hrebejk highlights the importance of...

Acclaimed director Agnieszka Holland returns to a pivotal time in modern Czech history: the shocking act of a student of the Charles University's Faculty of Arts, who in protest of the Soviet occupation, set himself on fire in Prague's Wenceslas Square on January 16, 1969, and died four days later. Through the story of defense attorney Dagmar Buresova, who defended Palach's legacy in a doomed lawsuit, the film examines the transformations taking place...