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Karlovy Vary International Film Festival · 2022

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2022

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9 films · 4 reviews

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The Flood (Navodneniye)

Petrograd, 1920. Sofia has a single goal: to conceive a child with her husband Trofim. She hopes that, by achieving this, she will finally be able to allay her constant fear that her husband will leave her.

(Country: France, Russia; Year: 1993; Director: Igor Minaiev; Writer: Jacques Baynac, Igor Minaiev, Bernard Stora; Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Boris Nevzorov, Svetlana Kryuchkova, Mariya Lipkina, Natalya Egorova, Vladimir Kuznetsov, Mikhail Pyam, Andrey Tolubeev, Fyodor Valikov, Aleksey Zaytsev)

Tribute to Jerome Paillard

Forgotten Light

A village priest battles bureaucracy to raise money for a church roof.

(Country: Czech Republic; Year: 1996; Director: Vladimír Michálek; Writer: Jakub Deml, Milena Jelínek; Stars: Bolek Polívka, Veronika Zilková, Petr Kavan, Jirí Pecha, Antonín Kinský, Jirí Lábus, Richard Metznarowski, Hana Frejková, Krystof Hanzlík, Zita Kabátová, Miroslav Knoz, Ivo Kubecka, Václav Legner, Jaromíra Mílová, Alena Pacholíková)

Tribute to Bolek Polívka

Fruit Of Paradise

A couple meet a man which triggers a mystery...

(Country: Czechoslovakia, Belgium; Year: 1970; Director: Vera Chytilová; Writer: Vera Chytilová, Ester Krumbachová; Stars: Jitka Nováková, Karel Novak, Jan Schmid, Julius Albert, Alice Auspergerová, Jan Klusák, Helena Ruzicková, Ludek Sobota, Josef Somr, Jaromír Vomácka)

Tribute to Zdenek Liska

The King's Speech

Review preview for The King's Speech

Although there is a lot of humour, crowd-pleasing fun and some award-worthy performances, there seems to be a lack of edge and darkness here.

James Benefield · 3 out of 5
The relationship between King George VI and an unconventional Australian speech therapist.

(Country: UK, Australia; Year: 2010; Director: Tom Hooper; Writer: David Seidler; Stars: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce, Michael Gambon) , Trailer

Tribute to Geoffrey Rush

Quills

Review preview for Quills

Kaufman's recreation of early 19th century Paris is more theatrical than real.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
Loose biopic of the final years of the Marquis de Sade.

(Country: US; Year: 2000; Director: Philip Kaufman; Writer: Doug Wright, based on the play by Doug Wright; Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Caine, Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Malahide, Amelia Warner, Amelia Warner)

Tribute to Geoffrey Rush

Shine

True story of a child prodigy who suffered mental health problems.

(Country: Australia; Year: 1996; Director: Scott Hicks; Writer: Jan Sardi, Scott Hicks; Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Justin Braine, Sonia Todd, Chris Haywood, Alex Rafalowicz, Gordon Poole, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Nicholas Bell, Danielle Cox, Rebecca Gooden, Marta Kaczmarek, John Cousins, Noah Taylor, Paul Linkson, Randall Berger)

Tribute to Geoffrey Rush

La Strada

A simple minded young woman is purchased fro her family by a brutish circus strongman but finds solace in the company of a clown.

(Country: Italy; Year: 1954; Director: Federico Fellini; Stars: Giulietta Masina, Anthony Quinn, Richard Baseheart)

Tribute to Eva Zaoralová

Traffic

Review preview for Traffic

Stephen Gaghan's script covers the territory with brutal honesty. The actors respond in kind.

Angus Wolfe Murray · 4.5 out of 5
Multi-layered drama of drug trafficking in Mexico and the efforts of American undercover cops to curtail it.

(Country: US; Year: 2000; Director: Steven Soderbergh; Writer: Stephen Gaghan; Stars: Michael Douglas, Benicio Del Toro, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Don Cheadle, Luis Guzman, Steven Bauer, Erika Christensen, Tomas Milian, Amy Irving, Dennis Quaid, Miguel Ferrer, Clifton Collins Jr, Albert Finney)

Tribute to Benicio Del Toro

The Usual Suspects

Review preview for The Usual Suspects

Singer and McQuarrie expertly sustain a rich and tantalising conceit, keeping the reader guessing to a superb climax – and beyond.

Jeff Robson · 4.5 out of 5
Five criminals thrown together in a police line-up decide to team up for a high-stakes job.

(Country: US, Germany; Year: 1995; Director: Bryan Singer; Writer: Christopher McQuarrie; Stars: Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak, Kevin Spacey, Chazz Palminteri, Suzy Amis, Pete Postlethwaite, Dan Hedaya) , Trailer

Tribute to Benicio Del Toro