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Karlovy Vary International Film Festival · 2014

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2014

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7 films · 2 reviews

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Apocalypto

Review preview for Apocalypto

It has the zing of a sugar-rush from hell.

Scott Macdonald · 4 out of 5
A captive, destined for sacrifice, Jaguar Paw is determined to escape and save his wife and child.

(Country: USA; Year: 2006; Director: Mel Gibson; Writer: Mel Gibson, Farhad Safinia; Stars: Rudy Youngblood, Dalia Hernandez, Jonathan Brewer, Morris Birdyellowhead, Caelos Emilio Baez, Ramirez Amilcar, Israel Contreras, Israel Rios)

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Björk: Biophilia Live

Concert film.

(Country: UK; Year: 2014; Director: Nick Fenton, Peter Strickland; Stars: Björk)

In Silence (V Tichu)

A story of Jewish musicians during the Holocaust.

(Country: Slovak Republic, Czech Republic; Year: 2014; Director: Zdeněk Jiráský)

Obsessive Rhythms (Cadences obstinées)

Chamber drama about the relationship between a cellist and an architect.

(Country: France, Portugal; Year: 2013; Director: Fanny Ardant; Writer: Fanny Ardant; Stars: Asia Argento, Nuno Lopes, Franco Nero, Tudor Istodor, Ricardo Pereira, Johan Leysen, Gérard Depardieu, Mika, Laura Soveral, André Gomes, Marcello Urgeghe, Philippe Leroux, Stéphane Changeas, Renato Ribeiro, Edmundo Rosa)

The Tribe (Plemya)

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Slaboshpytskiy goes to show, first through Anna and then the actions of Sergey that some transactions can hold a lot more - and worse - than we have bargained for.

Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
A deaf teenager runs into gang trouble at a boarding school.

(Country: Ukraine, Netherlands; Year: 2014; Director: Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy; Writer: Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy; Stars: Grigoriy Fesenko, Yana Novikova, Rosa Babiy, Alexander Dsiadevich, Yaroslav Biletskiy)

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Waiter, Scarper! (Vrchní, Prchni)

The tale of Vrána, a resourceful bookseller and opportunistic thief.

(Country: Czechoslovakia; Year: 1980; Director: Ladislav Smoljak)

Walesa: Man Of Hope

The life of the founder of Poland's Solidarity movement.

(Country: Poland; Year: 2013; Director: Andrzej Wajda; Writer: Janusz Glowacki; Stars: Robert Wieckiewicz, Agnieszka Grochowska, Iwona Bielska, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Maria Rosaria Omaggio, Ewa Kolasinska, Miroslaw Baka, Michal Czernecki, Remigiusz Jankowski, Wojciech Kalarus, Piotr Probosz, Marcin Hycnar, Maciej Marczewski, Maciej Konopinski, Cezary Kosinski)