WAVES

Like an Argo about the Warsaw Pact invasion or Petzold’s Barbara trading the Iron Curtain for the Prague Spring, this vibrant political thriller about a key historical event (not yet explored in fiction film) works like clockwork. Inspired by the true story of the Editorial Office of International Life of the Czechoslovak Radio in the late 1960s, the film follows the adventures of a group of journalists who became popular icons by broadcasting independent information on the turmoil, risking their lives in the process. Fear versus ideals and betrayal versus morality clash in this ambitious thriller (Audience Award at Karlovy Vary IFF), which serves as an ode to the struggle for freedom and the uncommon heroism of a profession that is almost always condemned. Before podcasts, these were the waves that uplifted listeners.