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Loners (2000 Film)
''Samotáři '' (Loners) is a 2000 Czech comedy film directed by David Ondříček. The film stars relatively unknown (at the time) actors such as Ivan Trojan, Jiří Macháček, Jitka Schneiderová and Saša Rašilov and is considered to be a Czech cult classic. The story revolves around seven young people from Prague whose empty and unfulfilling lives gradually intertwine as a result of a series of unforeseen events. Synopsis Petr (Saša Rašilov) works as a host on a popular radio station. He has just got separated from his girlfriend Hanka (Jitka Schneiderová) and uses his airtime to speak about his feelings after the breakup which angers his boss. Hanka, on the other hand, sees their breakup as an opportunity for a fresh start. One day, she 'accidentally' bumps into her ex-boyfriend Ondřej (Ivan Trojan), who learned about their breakup from the radio. Ondřej is a successful surgeon but also a psychopath who stalked her after the two had broken up a couple years ago. On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Ondříček
David Ondříček (born 23 June 1969) is a Czech film director, screenwriter and producer. His 2012 film ''In the Shadow (2012 film), In the Shadow'' won nine Czech Lion Awards. Selected filmography External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ondricek, David 1969 births Living people Film directors from Prague ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Broadcasting
Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio station, while in satellite radio the radio waves are broadcast by a satellite in Earth orbit. To receive the content the listener must have a broadcast radio receiver (''radio''). Stations are often affiliated with a radio network which provides content in a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both. Radio stations broadcast with several different types of modulation: AM radio stations transmit in AM ( amplitude modulation), FM radio stations transmit in FM (frequency modulation), which are older analog audio standards, while newer digital radio stations transmit in several digital audio standards: DAB (digital audio broadcasting), HD radio, DRM ( Digital Radio Mondiale). Television broadcasting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warsaw International Film Festival
Warsaw Film Festival ( pl, Warszawski Festiwal Filmowy, abbreviated as WFF) is an annual film festival held every October in Warsaw, Poland which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries from all around the world. The festival has been held every year since 1985. In 2008, it was recognized by FIAPF as a competitive film festival specialised in first and second features and films from Central and Eastern Europe. The festival is host to the International Federation of Film Critics awards for enterprising filmmaking in Central Europe and beyond (i.e. Denmark and Israel). The 38th edition will take place between 14 October to 23 October 2022. Festival Programmes The programme consists of the following sections: * The International Competition – premiering competition for international features * 1–2 Competition – for 1st and 2nd feature films * Free Spirit Competition – competition for independent, innovative, rebellious feature length fiction and documenta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague Metronome
The Metronome is a functioning metronome in Letná Park, overlooking the Vltava River and the city center of Prague. It was erected in 1991, on the plinth left vacant by the demolition in the spring of 1963 of an enormous monument to former Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. The metronome was designed by international artist Vratislav Novak. It may be the largest metronome in the world. Although the metronome is functional, it is not always in operation. A plaque at the base of the Prague metronome reads "In time, all things pass...'. The metronome beats at 4 beats per minute. The site offers a scenic view of the city and is now mostly used as a meeting place for skateboarders Skateboarding is an action sport originating in the United States that involves riding and performing tricks using a skateboard, as well as a recreational activity, an art form, an entertainment industry job, and a method of transportation. S ..., electric scooter drivers and other people. Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hana Maciuchová
Hana Maciuchová (29 November 1945 – 26 January 2021) was a Czech film, television and stage actress. She studied at the Faculty of Theatre in Prague. She was awarded the Czech Medal of Merit in 2010. Selected filmography *'' Krkonošské pohádky'' (television, 1974) *'' Chalupáři'' (television, 1975) *'' Prázdniny pro psa'' (1980) *'' In the Coat of Lioness' Arms'' (1994) *''Loners'' (2000) *''Ulice'' (television, 2005-2015) *''Dobrá čtvrť ''Dobrá čtvrť'' (''The Good District'') is Czech drama TV series, which ran from 2005 to 2008. Plot 18-year-old Zuzana must deal with leaving her friends behind, as her family moves from a palatial villa to a confining apartment. However, she ...'' (television, 2008) References External links * * 1945 births 2021 deaths Academy of Performing Arts in Prague alumni Recipients of Medal of Merit (Czech Republic) Czech film actresses Czechoslovak film actresses Czech television actresses Czech stage actresses Czech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extraterrestrial Life
Extraterrestrial life, colloquially referred to as alien life, is life that may occur outside Earth and which did not originate on Earth. No extraterrestrial life has yet been conclusively detected, although efforts are underway. Such life might range from simple forms like prokaryotes to intelligent beings, possibly bringing forth civilizations that might be far more advanced than humankind. The Drake equation speculates about the existence of sapient life elsewhere in the universe. The science of extraterrestrial life is known as astrobiology. Speculation about the possibility of inhabited "worlds" outside the planet Earth dates back to antiquity. Multiple early Christian writers discussed the idea of a "plurality of worlds" as proposed by earlier thinkers such as Democritus; Augustine references Epicurus's idea of innumerable worlds "throughout the boundless immensity of space" (originally expressed in his Letter to Herodotus) in ''The City of God''. In his first century p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guitar Pick
A guitar pick (American English) is a plectrum used for guitars. Picks are generally made of one uniform material—such as some kind of plastic (nylon, Delrin, celluloid), rubber, felt, tortoiseshell, wood, metal, glass, tagua, or stone. They are often shaped in an acute isosceles triangle with the two equal corners rounded and the third corner less rounded. They are used to strum chords or to sound individual notes on a guitar. In British English, guitar picks are referred to as ''plectrums'', reserving the term ''pick'' to identify the difference between this and finger picks. History Musicians have used plectra to play stringed instruments for thousands of years.Hoover, ''pp. 11-12''. Feather quills were likely the first standardized plectra and became widely used until the late 19th century. At that point, the shift towards what became the superior plectrum material took place; the outer shell casing of an Atlantic hawksbill sea turtle, which would colloquially be r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia. It is a landlocked country bordering Kosovo to the northwest, Serbia to the north, Bulgaria to the east, Greece to the south, and Albania to the west. It constitutes approximately the northern third of the larger geographical Macedonia (region), region of Macedonia. Skopje, the capital and largest city, is home to a quarter of the country's 1.83 million people. The majority of the residents are ethnic Macedonians (ethnic group), Macedonians, a South Slavs, South Slavic people. Albanians in North Macedonia, Albanians form a significant minority at around 25%, followed by Turks in North Macedonia, Turks, Romani people in North Macedonia, Romani, Serbs in North Macedonia, Serbs, Bosniaks in North Mac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travel Agency
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Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans Japanese archipelago, an archipelago of List of islands of Japan, 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa Island, Okinawa. Tokyo is the Capital of Japan, nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the List of countries and dependencies by population density, most densely populated and Urbanization by country, urbanized. About three-fourths of Geography of Japan, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikuláš Křen
Mikulas may refer to: Slovak geography * Borský Mikuláš * Liptovský Mikuláš * Liptovský Mikuláš District * Plavecký Mikuláš Sports * Zimný štadión Liptovský Mikuláš, arena in Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia * MHk 32 Liptovský Mikuláš, professional ice hockey team in the Slovak Extraliga * Mikuláš Konopka (born 1979), Slovak shot putter Politics * Mikuláš Dzurinda (born 1956), Prime Minister of Slovakia from October 30, 1998 until July 4, 2006 * Mikuláš of Hus (died 1420), Bohemian politician and leading representative of the Hussite movement Other fields * Mikuláš Galanda (1895–1938), renowned painter, illustrator, and one of the most important pioneers and propagators of Slovak modern art * Mikulas of Kadan (1350–1419), Imperial clockmaker who designed the clock machine of Prague Orloj together with Jan Šindel around 1410 See also * Mikulás Saint Nicholas is a legendary figure in European folklore based on Greek early Christian and b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dana Sedláková
Dana may refer to: People Given name * Dana (given name) Surname * Dana (surname) * Dana family of Cambridge, Massachusetts ** James Dwight Dana (1813–1895), scientist, zoological author abbreviation Dana Nickname or stage name * Dana International, stage name of singer Sharon Cohen * Dana Shum, the Shaw Brothers Hong Kong actress from 1973 to 1979 * Dana, stage name of Dana Rosemary Scallon (born 1951), Irish singer and former politician * Dana (South Korean singer) (born 1986), South Korean pop singer Places Ancient world * Ancient Dana or Tyana in Cappadocia, capital of a Neo-Hittite kingdom in the 1st millennium BC * Ancient Dana possibly associated with Tynna in Cappadocia Canada * CFS Dana, a former military radar installation in Saskatchewan, Canada * Dana Lake, a lake in Eeyou Istchee Baie-James, Quebec, Canada Ethiopia * Dana, Ethiopia, a village Iran * Dana County, an administrative subdivision of Iran * Dana Rural District, an administrativ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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