Following the pair through their idyllic courtship, On Chesil Beach explores sex and the societal pressure that can accompany physical intimacy, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night. “It’s a lyrical and rapturous film – a repressed passion play, funny, delicate and heartbreaking.” - Variety.
On Chesil Beach On Chesil Beach
A young couple from different backgrounds are fatally marked by the constraints of their time. Screenplay adapted by acclaimed British novelist Ian McEwan from his bestselling novel.
cast Saoirse Ronan, Billy Howle, Anne-Marie Duff, Emily Watson
IMDbThe DVD of the film is available in our Bookshop. (List of available DVDs in Slovene only)
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Francesco Sossai
Saturday, 20. 06. 2026 / 18:45 / Main Hall
Francesco Sossai breathes new life into Italian comedy with a bittersweet road movie. Together with two old friends, we wander through the Venetian lowlands, empty our glasses, and try to remember the “truly incredible thing about life” that Carlo Bianchi discovered. It was the big winner at the prestigious Italian David di Donatello film awards.
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Harry Lighton
Saturday, 20. 06. 2026 / 21:30 / Kinodvorišče
This explicit and raw yet surprisingly tender film challenges our notions of what an ideal relationship should look like. It won the Best Screenplay Award at Cannes.
God Will not Help Bog neće pomoći
Hana Jušić
Sunday, 21. 06. 2026 / 11:00 / Main Hall
The second feature film from Hana Jušić (Quit Staring at My Plate) is a darkly poetic neo-Western about a mysterious Chilean woman who brings unrest to a traditional Croatian shepherding community at the beginning of the 20th century. Blending elements of Wuthering Heights, Croatian folklore, and Jane Campion’s The Piano, the film earned its two leading actresses an award at Locarno.