Movie premieres: The Fantastic Beasts, Kristian, Blackbird in the Blackberry, Forest Killer, Boy Kills World, Rivals and Maria Montessori

It is written in the near post-apocalyptic future and the city where he lives is ruled by a corrupt dynasty led by Hilda Van Der Koy. It was she who killed his mother and sister and left him silenced and deaf forever. His only wish and mission is to see her die in pain. And he’ll do anything for it. In order to survive, he learns to read lips. To take revenge, he undergoes the harsh training of a mysterious shaman… And on the eve of the brutal killing of opponents, which is one of Hilda’s annual pastimes, he unleashes a bloody slaughter.

Action/thriller. USA, 2023, 110 min. Directed by: Moritz Mohr. Starring: Bill Skarsgård, Jessica Rothe, Michelle Dockery, Brett Gelman, Isaiah Mustafa, Andrew Koji…

Eleven-year-old Alfonso, descendant of Don Quixote, and his three rabbits team up with secret love Victoria and best friend Pancho to save their beloved city from disaster. He tries to stop an insidious businessman who, under the pretext of an approaching tornado, convinces all the residents of the town to sell him their house. Can the fantastic gang save the city and become its superheroes?

A fantastic bunch of people who share the same ideals as Don Quixote. It fights against ambition and selfishness

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Animated/Adventure/Family. Argentina / Belgium / Germany, 2024, 87 min. Directed by Gonzalo Gutierrez

Lisa, a successful cartoonist, and her siblings meet after more than ten years at their parents’ farm in Norrland, Sweden. The farm setting epitomizes the down-to-earthness of the Swedish countryside and contrasts sharply with the hustle and bustle of her new home in Stockholm.

When the parents tell the children that only one of them will inherit the wooded land that the family has owned for generations, the siblings are faced with a difficult question. Which of them is willing to return home and claim the inheritance?

Comedy/Drama/Musical. Sweden, 2023, 105 min. Directed by: Andreas Öhman. Starring: Karin Franz Körlofová, Suzanne Reuterová, Liv Mjönesová, Arvin Kananian, Filip Berg, Peter Haber, Emil Almén…

Etero is 48 years old, lives in a sleepy Georgian village and sells washing powder and cosmetics in a shabby colonial. The villagers view her as a suspicious phenomenon. Etero prefers solitude. She loves cakes, the river and blackberries, who have been her parents, classmates, friends and lovers throughout her life. She never married, never met a man, never wanted one. But everything turns upside down when she unexpectedly falls in love with the married Murman…

Drama. Switzerland/Georgia, 2023, 110 min. Directed by: Elene Naverianiová. Starring: Eka Chavleishvili, Temiko Chichinadze, Lia Abuladze…

In 1939, the trio of screenwriters Josef Gruss, Martin Frič and Eduard Šimáček used a play by the French playwright Yvan Noé and filmed a conversational comedy. The script was adapted to Oldřich Nový’s acting nature. The role of the travel agency clerk, who plays the man of the big world once a month, is his best known and most famous. Nataša Gollová appeared by his side. The film goes to theaters in a restored copy.

Close your eyes, I’m leaving. Kristian returns to cinema screens

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Comedy/Romance. Czechoslovakia, 1939, 95 min. Directed by: Martin Frič. Starring: Oldřich Nový, Adina Mandlová, Nataša Gollová, Raoul Schárnil, Bedřich Veverka, Jára Kohout, Anna Steimarová, Jaroslav Marvan, Čeněk Šlégl, Josef Bělský…

The minimalist crime drama follows the last year of the life of one of the most famous Czech serial killers, Viktor Kalivoda. In 2005, he murdered three bystanders in the forest. The Forest Killer, as he is nicknamed, worked as a policeman, won the “Want to be a Millionaire” competition and had an above-average IQ.

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The case received a lot of attention not only because he planned to shoot up the Prague subway, but also because he never fully disclosed his motive. Can we ever understand what was going on in his head?

Crime/drama. Czechia/Slovakia/Poland/Romania, 2024, 78 min. Directed by: Radim Špaček. Starring: Michal Balcar, Jaroslav Mendel, Tomáš Drápela, Marie Horáčková-Turková, Andrei Toader, Eliška Hanušová Bašusová, Martin Janouš, Eliza Roth, Lukáš Venclík…

1900, Paris. Lili d’Alengy is an admired courtesan, the darling of the Parisian elite. Every man craves her attention. But she has a secret that could destroy her position immediately. He has a daughter, Tina, who suffers from a disability. And that’s why he decides to go to Rome. Supposedly there is a doctor there who could help Tina.

Upon arrival, he is surprised to find that the doctor is not a man, as was common at the time, but a woman. Her name is Maria Montessori and she is developing a revolutionary teaching method for disabled children with severe learning disabilities.

Drama/Biographical. France / Italy, 2023, 100 min. Directed by: Léa Todorová. Starring: Jasmine Trinca, Leïla Bekhti, Raffaele Esposito, Rafaëlle Sonneville-Caby, Agathe Bonitzer, Sébastien Pouderoux, Pietro Ragusa, Patrizia La Fonte…

Zendaya as Tashi Duncan, a former tennis champion turned coach who doesn’t hold back on her game on and off the court. Married to a champion near the end of his career (Mike Faist), Tashia’s strategy for her husband’s redemption takes a surprising turn when she must confront the washed-up Patrick (Josh O’Connor)—a former best friend and Tashia’s ex-boyfriend. As their past and present collide and tensions rise, Tasha must ask herself what the cost of victory will be.

Drama/Romance/Sports. USA, 2024, 131 min. Directed by Luca Guadagnino. Starring: Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, Mike Faist, AJ Lister, Naheem Garcia, Hailey Gates…

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