We’re serving up the ninth edition of the Summer Cinema at Pragovka – this time under the overarching theme of Mutual Benefits. This year, screenings will take place every Tuesday after dark in MaxSpace Hall, located behind the Permanent Beer Fest. Admission is free (voluntary contributions are welcome). Until the screening begins, you are welcome to visit Pragovka Gallery during its extended opening hours. Refreshments will be available from Permanent Beer Fest.
On 1 September, we will screen Bugonia (117 min).
The film will be shown in its original language with Czech subtitles.
Comedy, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Ireland/United Kingdom/Canada, 2025
Directed by: Yorgos Lanthimos
Written by: Will Tracy, Joon-hwan Jang
Cinematography: Robbie Ryan
Starring: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias, Alicia Silverstone, Vanessa Eng, Jerskin Fendrix, Marc T. Lewis
Two conspiracy theorists kidnap the CEO of a pharmaceutical company, convinced that she is an alien whose mission is to destroy our planet. The Oscar-winning duo of Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone, who captivated audiences with Poor Things, return with another provocative and darkly entertaining story.
Michelle (Emma Stone), the powerful head of a major pharmaceutical corporation, has every reason to feel that the world is at her feet. Unfortunately, that feeling lasts only until she wakes up on a filthy mattress in a stranger’s basement – bound, with her head shaved and her body covered in a strange cream. She has been abducted by two cousins, Teddy (Jesse Plemons) and Don (Aidan Delbis), who are utterly convinced that Michelle is an extraterrestrial sent to wipe out all intelligent life on Earth. They shaved her head and smeared her body with cream to prevent her from communicating with her mothership. They are that prepared. Realizing that arguing with fanatics is unlikely to help, Michelle begins using every corporate tactic and psychological trick at her disposal to escape unharmed. As the story unfolds, one question emerges: who poses the greater threat to the world – the two eccentrics determined to save humanity, or the ruthless corporate predator currently being held captive? (Source: CinemArt)
Uterus+ / Mariana Petřáková (English subtitles)
Why don’t we tell stories about pain? Is it too intimate, too chaotic, too “female”? Uterus+ is a collective testimony about living with endometriosis and chronic pain that cannot be contained within reproductive rhetoric or patriarchal ideas about the body.
