FEBRUARY 08 - Prague Events

Culture and Entertainment Film Premieres
The Kite Runner /LOVEC DRAKÙ/
(USA) Premiere on Feb 7. Directed by
Marc Forster, starring Khalid Abdalla,
Mohammad Aman Joya, Abdul Azim
Wahabzada. Drama. After spending
years in California, Amir returns to
his homeland in Afghanistan to help
his old friend Hassan, whose son is in
trouble.
We Own the Night /NOC PATØÍ NÁM/ (USA) Premiere on Feb 7. Directed
by James Gray, starring Eva Mendes, Robert Duvall, Mark Wahlberg.
Thriller. A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and
father from Russian mafia hit men.
O život /O ŽIVOT/ (CZ) Premiere on Feb 7. Directed by Milan Šteindler,
starring Bob Klepl, Dorota Nvotová, Vojtěch Kotek. Comedy. A student
celebrates his entrance to the university while he meets Zita, a girl who
he has never seen before…
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street /SWEENEY TODD:
ÏÁBELSKÝ HOLIÈ Z FLEET STREET/ (USA) Premiere on Feb 7. Directed by
Tim Burton, starring Alan Rickman, Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha
Baron Cohen. Musical, crimi. Based on the hit Broadway musical which
tells the infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who
sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister
partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett.
Pearls and Pigs /TAK TROCHU CRAZY/ (Fin) Premiere on Feb 7. Directed
by Perttu Leppä, starring Amanda Pilke, Timo Lavikainen, Jimi Pääkallo.
Teenager comedy. When their bootlegging father ends up in jail, four
twenty-something brothers need money to pay his debts to local
crooks…
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly /SKAFANDR A MOTÝL/ (Fr) Premiere
on Feb 14. Directed by Julian Schnabel, starring Niels Arestrup,
Mathieu Amalric, Marie-Josée Croze. Psychological. The true story of
Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live
with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn't paralyzed.
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