The Serpent

The Serpent (2016)

Two sisters live in the same house with their husbands in bedrooms separated by a single wall. One of the sisters, Lígia, is still a virgin. Dissatisfied, she wants to dissolve the marriage and thinks about suicide. To prevent her sister’s suicide, Guida offers her own husband, Paulo, for one night.

Connemara (2025)

August 21, 2026

A wife feels burnt out from her married family life and corporate work and returns to her hometown in rural France. There, she reconnects and begins an affair with her high school crush.

The Lost Lover

The Lost Lover (1999)

After their son dies, a Jewish family moves from London to Israel in an attempt to piece their lives back together. The mother finds a way out of her depression through a relationship with a younger man—which doesn’t seem to bother her husband. Meanwhile, their daughter begins dating a Palestinian handyman.

451 Forte

451 Forte (2000)

August 19, 2026

Zé Alberto and Laura are lovers, and have a clandestine and permanently threatened relationship. Zé Alberto is married to Fernanda, Laura’s sister, whose husband is in prison for mu..er. Fernanda is aware of Laura’s relationship with her husband and constantly threatens them to tell Armando everything. Laura and Armando have a daughter – Sónia – whose greatest defect is greediness and the highest quality to cover up her mother’s romance with her uncle. The fear of the two lovers increases and events precipitate when they receive the news that Armando is about to go on parole …

Happy Birthday, Lola!

Happy Birthday, Lola! (2001)

August 19, 2026

The film’s hero, Lola, is getting ready for the celebration of her birthday. Because she knows she is in for a surprise, she lets two strangers with flowers and a cake into her apartment. The guests names are Bim and Bom; they are killers. They’ve chosen the girl’s apartment as a shooting place to assassinate the president whose motorcade is to proceed by her house. Lola becomes a hostage and the main obstacle foiling the assassination plan.

The Invisible Artery

The Invisible Artery (2015)

August 18, 2026

Vicenç is a politician with mayor aspirations married to Carme. She is unhappy with their marriage and lives obsessed about having offsprings. A young boy who was a part of their lives fifteen years ago starts a process that will destroy Vicenç in a professional and personal way.

Křížová vazba

Křížová vazba (1990)

August 18, 2026

Luděk Krejza, a tile-layer, returns from prison after serving time for manslaughter. In a retrospective, the viewer is introduced to his story. It is a not very well-known film, which with the passage of time has completely disappeared from the awareness of even the more deeply informed interested in domestic cinema. The song “Dudes, you’re on” is sung by the Yo Yo Band.