Waves (2024)

Original title

Vlny

Directed by

Jiří Mádl

Genre

drama film, thriller film

Country

Slovakia, Czech Republic

Runtime

2h 11m

Rated

12+

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 66 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A film set in 1968 Czechoslovakia during the Prague Spring and the Soviet invasion. It follows people caught up in political upheaval and the rush to get secret radio broadcasts out to the public.

intensehistoricalsuspensefulatmospherictensemelancholicgroundedbleak

What happens

Waves (Czech: Vlny) is a 2024 historical thriller drama film written and directed by Jiří Mádl and set during the Prague Spring and subsequent Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. The film had its world premiere at the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival where it won the audience award. It was selected as the Czech entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards. Waves entered theatres on 15 August 2024 and became the highest-grossing Czech film of 2024 and the 2nd highest-grossing Czech film of all time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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