Sokol Spirit’s 3rd Friday - CZECH FILM SERIES
PRESENTING OUR EDUCATIONAL LINE-UP OF CZECH FILM CLASSES
(English Subtitles) on the 3rd Friday of the Month. The Czech films start at 7pm in our Czech classroom upstairs and with donation of $5 you get a free pilsner, pop, or water. Our Czech language instructor will be introducing you to all the film background and will be there to answer questions. This is our 11th season!
MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW!!!!!
April 17 KOLJA/KOLYA; 1996; 105 Minutes; Color; English subtitles; Rating: PG-13. (Last shown 9/2013 & 5/2021). František Louka, a 55-year old Czech man dedicated to bachelorhood and the pursuit of women, is a concert cellist struggling to make out a living by playing funerals at the Prague crematorium. He has lost his previous job at the Czech Philharmonic (the Stern Quartet, Czech Philharmonic plays) due to having been half-accidentally blacklisted as "politically unreliable" by the authorities. A friend (Broz, the gravedigger) offers him a chance to earn a great deal of money through a sham marriage to a Russian woman, his niece, Nadezda to enable her to stay in Czechoslovakia. The woman then uses her Czechoslovak citizenship to emigrate and join her boyfriend in West Germany. After her aunt unexpectedly dies, Louka finds himself in custody of his new “stepson”, due to a concurrence of circumstances; she must leave behind her Russian-speaking five-year-old son, Kolya, for the disgruntled Czech musician to look after.
May 15 Taxi 121/ Taxi 121; 2016; 90 Minutes; Color; English subtitles; PG-13 Violence; Brief scenes of intercourse; Based on real events in Czechoslovakia from 2014, Taxi 121 tells the story of a serial killer who targeted three taxi drivers in Prague. The official police version attributes the murders to a single perpetrator whose psychological profile is still under speculation. David Panek’s feature debut presents his take on the true events from 2014 that deeply affected Czech society. That year, a serial killer murdered three taxi drivers in Prague. This tragedy inspired Panek to create a gripping thriller that immerses the viewer in the story, evoking a wide range of emotions.
Sokol Spirit’s Education Committee reserves the right to change movies due to circumstances beyond their control.
DO NOT FORGET WORLD BEER CLUB
follows in the building’s lower level starting at 8pm!
Sponsor: Foreign Language Committee of Sokol Spirit education@sokolspirit.org
Sokol Spirit is a 501(C)(3) not-for-profit organization.
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