Underplayed Gems

Sugar Candy (2025)

Sugar Candy poster
Original title
Cukrkandl
Directed by
Pavel Jandourek
Genre
adventure film, family film
Country
Slovakia, Czech Republic
Runtime
1h 55m
Rated
12+
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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The catalogue in 3D

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How it feels

A children's adventure set in the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the turn of the century. It blends fairy tale elements with historical drama as characters navigate a bygone world.

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What happens

Sugar Candy (Czech: Cukrkandl) is a 2025 Czech adventure children's film directed and written by Pavel Jandourek. The film was shot in Luhačovice (the main location was the local villa Kancnýřka), Hodonín, Úštěk, Zubrnice and also in Slovakia. The film takes place during the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries and combines elements of a fairy tale and historical drama. The film stars Tereza Ramba, Marek Adamczyk, Jiří Dvořák, Jaroslav Plesl, Pavel Zedníček, Vica Kerekes and Jiří Lábus. The film's world premiere took place on June 1, 2025 at the Zlín Film Festival. The premiere in Czech cinemas took place on October 23, 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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