Film programme 2018

Alice in Miracle Land (2018)

Section: Czech Films and TV Production

Directed by: Otakáro Maria Schmidt

Czech Republic, 2018, 110 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 3

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Alice travels through the landscape of her childhood as though it were a magical labyrinth. Her dreams are interlaced with reality – she dances through them using her imaginative vision. She meets mysterious and legendary figures: the Little Prince, John of Nepomuk, the Infant Jesus of Prague, and an Angel. We visit the Lesser Town of Prague, Charles Bridge and even Italy, where she experiences the magic of the Venice carnival. When her dream friend leaves, her childhood dies. She then finds the center of the labyrinth of her soul and resurrects into adulthood.

Pure Hearts (2017)

Section: International Competition of European First Films

Directed by: Roberto De Paolis

Italy, 2017, 115 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 2

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Agnese and Stefano are profoundly different. She is only seventeen, lives with her mother – a harsh but devoted woman and a regular church-goer – and is about to take a vow of chastity to last until marriage. He is a twenty-five year old man with a violent temper and a difficult past who works as a warden in a car park that borders a gypsy camp. Their unexpected meeting engenders a sentiment of purity, made of little stolen moments and mutual help. But when they make love for the first time, Agnese’s illusion of purity is shattered. She experiences a deep sense of betrayal towards her ideals, which leads her to make an extreme decision in the hope of erasing her sin.