Knoflikari(1997) -

Four young girls attempt to summon spirits, only to encounter the ghost of the American pilot who dropped the bomb.

The film opens with a strange prologue in 1945 Kokura, Japan, where four men curse the bad weather—unaware that the rain is the only thing saving them from the atomic bomb originally destined for their city. Fast forward 50 years to Prague, 1995, and the ghost of that historical event continues to ripple through a series of "tragicomic" vignettes. Knoflikari(1997)

If you haven’t yet experienced the surreal, dark brilliance of Petr Zelenka’s Knoflíkáři (translated as Buttoners ), you’re missing one of the most original pieces of Czech cinema to emerge from the 1990s. Forget standard linear plots; this film is a kaleidoscope of six interconnected stories that weave together social satire, historical speculation, and some truly bizarre human perversions. Four young girls attempt to summon spirits, only

While the chapters seem independent at first, they are tightly linked by shared motifs and "cause and effect": If you haven’t yet experienced the surreal, dark

It won four Czech Lions (including Best Film, Director, and Screenplay) and the Tiger Award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival. It’s a film that asks big questions—about responsibility, forgiveness, and the "moral fall-out" of history—all while showing you things you’ve never seen on screen before. Knoflíkáři (1997) - Filmový přehled