33rd Days of European Film

The Stranger

L'Étranger

2025 120 min.

François Ozon’s striking black-and-white adaptation of Albert Camus’ existential novel. A young Frenchman in 1930s Algeria navigates grief, detachment, and a world that expects meaning where he feels none.

Awards: Lumière Awards — Best Film, Best Actor, Best Cinematography (Winner); Venice Film Festival — Golden Lion (Nomination); European Film Awards — Best Cinematography (Nomination); César Awards — Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Music, Best Cinematography (Nomination)

Sections: Panorama

Country: France

Directed by: François Ozon

Starring: Benjamin Voisin, Pierre Lottin, Swann Arlaud, Denis Lavant, Rebecca Marder, Jean-Benoît Ugeux, Jean-Charles Clichet

Language: French with Czech and English subtitles

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Mental Hygiene by Aleš Stuchlý

09.04. 8:30 p.m.

Prague - Edison Filmhub

10.04. 7:30 p.m.

Prague - Edison Filmhub

11.04. 5 p.m.

Prague - Edison Filmhub

12.04. 6 p.m.

Prague - Edison Filmhub

13.04. 7:30 p.m.

Prague - Edison Filmhub

Uncompromising film critic, music and festival dramaturg, presenter of the radio podcast Čelisti and leading psychosomatician Aleš Stuchlý has been leading a successful curatorial block of healing screenings called Mental Hygiene for the seventh year. Top films with insightful introductions and maximum side effects, the possibility of a personal therapeutic session after the closing credits in the form of heated discussions with fresh guests, all in his home theatre, Edison Filmhub.

DEF 2026 // 9. – 14. 4. 2026 // Mental Hygiene at Edison Filmhub

➡︎ Thursday 9 April, 8.30pm: Little Trouble Girls, dir. Urška Djukić (SL) // host: online Vladimir Gojun

➡︎ Friday 10 April, 7.30pm: Wolves, dir. Jonas Ulrich (CH) // host: Jara Sofija Ostan

➡︎ Saturday 11 April, 5.00pm: Reedland / Rietland, dir. Sven Bresser (NL) // host: Martin Pleštil

➡︎ Sunday 12 April, 6.00pm: The Stranger / L'Étranger, dir. François Ozon (FR) // host: David Čeněk

➡︎ Monday 14 April, 7.30pm: Hen, dir. JGyörgy Pálfi (HU) // host: Antonín Tesař

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Whispers in the Woods

Le Chant des forêts

2025 95 min.

Renowned photographer Vincent Munier returns after The Velvet Queen with a documentary from his home region. A sensitive love letter to the beauty and secrets of the French forest—and to his father.

Awards: Lumière Awards — Best Original Music (Winner); Best Cinematography (Nomination); César Awards — Best Sound (Nomination)

Sections: Panorama

Country: France

Directed by: Vincent Munier

Starring: Vincent Munier, Simon Munier

Language: French with Czech and English subtitles

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NATURE, ANIMALS AND OUR RESPONSIBILITY

10.04. 6 p.m.

Prague - Světozor

We invite you to a discussion after the film Whispers in the Woods, a visually impressive animated story about journey, cooperation and survival in a changing world. This film raises questions about man's relationship with nature, the need for respect for all living beings and the necessity to adapt to changing conditions. What role do we play in nature and animals? How is climate change affecting life on Earth, and how can we help protect nature and animal rights? The moderator of the discussion will be Sabina Vosecká, and guests will be the representatives of the organization Hlas zvířat, Tereza and Robert Plicka.

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The Great Beauty

La grande bellezza

2013 141 min.

Aging writer Jep Gambardella drifts through eternal Rome, searching for meaning in a life of brilliance, spectacle, and emptiness.

Awards: Academy Awards — Best Foreign Language Film (Winner); Golden Globe Awards — Best Foreign Language Film (Winner); BAFTA Awards — Best Film Not in the English Language (Winner); European Film Awards — Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Editing, Best Screenwriter (Winner); César Awards — Best Foreign Film (Winner)

Sections: Tribute to Paolo Sorrentino

Country: Italy, France

Directed by: Paolo Sorrentino

Starring: Toni Servillo, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Verdone, Carlo Buccirosso, Isabella Ferrari, Giorgio Pasotti, Franco Graziosi

Language: Italian with Czech and English subtitles

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