This year’s rooftop cinema series revisits the 1990s in Czechoslovakia and Czechia — a time when freedom seemed to have no limits. A coming-of-age moment for both individuals and a country, the decade saw the rise of cult classics like “The Ride”, “The Idiot Returns”, “Buttoners”, “The Smoke”, "The Garden"… and more.
Buttoners / dir. Petr Zelenka / 1997 / comedy, episodic / Czechia / Czech with English subtitles / 102 minutes
TICKETS
7:00 PM – ROOFTOP BAR OPEN Cocktails, beer, wine, non-alcoholic drinks, savory and sweet treats available for purchase. Curated by Natasha Corbie and Dhira Rauch.
8:00 PM – FILM Screening begins at dusk.
Buttoners consists of six short stories, told mostly with dark humor, irony, and often a bitterly sharp tone. They explore an ancient curse, human infidelity, strange obsessions, an unexpected miracle, and hypocritical forgiveness.
Each story has a unique structure, a distinct atmosphere, and its own stylistic approach—yet they share recurring motifs, interconnected and observing the same themes from different angles.
