Misha Votruba

In the former Czechoslovakia, 1950s, police captain Hakl investigates a jewelry robbery. An opened safe deposit leads to a known burglar. What seems an easy case soon starts to tangle. When he is called off the case, he continues on his own. The investigation leads him onto thin ice. Can he beat a stronger enemy and save his family and his own life?

Interviews with a procurer and with nineteen boys and young men who are prostitutes in Prague. The youths range in age from 14 to 19. They hustle at the central train station and at clubs. Most of their clients are foreign tourists, many are German. The youths talk about why they hustle, their first trick, prices, dangers, what they know about AIDS, their fears (disease and loneliness), and how they imagine their futures. The film's title, its liturgical score, much of it elegiac, and shots of the city's statues of angels underline the vulnerability and callow lack of sophistication of the young men.

A provocative snapshot of the world we live in. It is a well-known fact that our society is structured like a pyramid. The very few people at the top create conditions for the majority below. Who are these people? Can we blame them for the problems our society faces today? Guided by the saying “A fish rots from the head” we set out to follow that fishy odor. What we found out is that people at the top are more likely to be psychopaths than the rest of us.

Three men want to make their mark on Czech history. One filmmaker senses an opportunity. And among them is a girl determined to uncover the secrets of her missing father. Richard Bartyzal believed he was just one step away from discovering evidence of collaboration between the Nazis and the Vatican. Together with his friends, he wanted to find Adolf Hitler's personal archive, allegedly hidden during the May uprising of Czech patriots. And ceremoniously hand it over to the state. However, the opponent they encounter is beyond their strength. Now they are missing. The police accuse them of robbery and murder. Petra Bartyzalová has only one option left. To study the materials her father filmed and follow in his footsteps. What she discovers forces her to reevaluate her relationship with him. She searches for her father in order to find herself.

A documentary film that asks questions related to the topic of faith, manipulation and raising children in controversial Christian groups. The film's director, Tereza Nvotová, attended the bilingual "School of the Future" as a small child.