A short film based on the book by Slovak author Pavol Zeleňák, "Keď sú tajomstvá iba služobné" (When Secrets Are Only Official). In four tragicomic short stories—banking, confessional, medical, and state secrets—the viewer learns what can happen when bank clerks, priests, doctors, and ministers reveal or abuse official secrets. Regardless of the reason for their actions, they can cause curious problems or even tragedy.
Oldřich Vlach
výherce - Povídka první: Tajemství bankovní
Regina Rázlová
výhercova manželka - Povídka první: Tajemství bankovní
Jan Hrušínský
šéf zločinecké organizace - Povídka první: Tajemství bankovní
Ivana Andrlová
bankovní úřednice - Povídka první: Tajemství bankovní
Radúz Mácha
bankovní úředník - Povídka první: Tajemství bankovní
Vladimír Brabec
kardiolog - Povídka první: Tajemství bankovní
Jan Kuželka
vedoucí sázkové společnosti - Povídka první: Tajemství bankovní
Rudolf Jelínek
farář - Povídka druhá: Tajemství zpovědní
Jiří Krampol
notář - Povídka druhá: Tajemství zpovědní
A short film based on the book by Slovak author Pavol Zeleňák, "Keď sú tajomstvá iba služobné" (When Secrets Are Only Official). In four tragicomic short stories—banking, confessional, medical, and state secrets—the viewer learns what can happen when bank clerks, priests, doctors, and ministers reveal or abuse official secrets. Regardless of the reason for their actions, they can cause curious problems or even tragedy.
A filmmaker talks about his work and love life with an unseen friend behind the camera. We also watch four of his short films.
Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly intelligent and idealistic Matilda seeks solace in her pets and school projects, including one designed to show how small amounts of radium affect marigolds.
A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend.
94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.
A nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of guilt, Robert shows no remorse and becomes overbearing and possessive.
Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken school and ensure a bright future for their children. The two women refuse to let any obstacles stand in their way as they battle a bureaucracy that's hopelessly mired in traditional thinking, and they seek to re-energize a faculty that has lost its passion for teaching.
Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.
When a brilliant nine-year-old working in a sweatshop gets a chance to attend school, she must make a difficult choice for her and her sister's future.
The story of a middle-aged woman with small children whose life is shaken up when two free-spirited twenty-somethings move in across the street.
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.