Due giovani statunitensi, Josh e Paxton, attraversano il vecchio continente zaino in spalla assieme ad Oli, islandese festaiolo incontrato in viaggio. Decisamente più interessato alle droghe e al sesso che ai musei, il trio decide di puntare verso la Slovacchia, dipinta dai più come meta perfetta per il turismo sessuale. Raggiunto un paesino nei pressi di Bratislava, il gruppo si fermerà presso un ostello, constatando come le voci fossero fondate. Dividere la stanza con stupende e disinibite sconosciute per i ragazzi è un sogno che si avvera: un sogno che si rivelerà presto vero incubo.
Nel XIII secolo il vecchio Kozlík (Josef Kemr) viene arrestato dai soldati del re; il figlio Mikoláš (Frantisek Velecký) chiede aiuto a Lazar (Michal Kozuch), capo del clan rivale, ma viene respinto. Il fratello minore Adam (Ivan Palúch) si vendica allora rapendo Marketa (Magda Vásáryová), figlia di Lazar, e brucia il loro villaggio, suscitando l'ira del re. Già promessa a Dio dal padre, Marketa viene violentata da Mikoláš, tuttavia lei se ne innamora, venendo così ripudiata dal genitore.
Slovakia, on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. The family of the young Jewish Martin Friedmann gathers to celebrate his bar mitzvah and make a solemn promise that they will all meet again a year later around the same table; but the storms of war and anti-Semitic fanaticism will lead each of them down very different paths.
A student, a goddess and a dog meet under quaint circumstances in a turned world. This miniature can be read as a metaphor about tunnel vision and the muse it takes to wake up!
A young investigative journalist and his fiancée are brutally murdered in their home in Slovakia. Their deaths inspire the biggest protests in Slovakia since the fall of communism. The story takes an unexpected turn when a source leaks the secret murder case file to the murdered journalist’s colleagues. It includes the computers and encrypted communications of the assassination’s alleged mastermind, a businessman closely connected to the country’s ruling party. Trawling these encrypted messages, journalists discover that their country has been captured by corrupt oligarchs, judges and law enforcement officials. A reckoning awaits.
The film tells about a small museum, where the economic boom has not yet arrived. It appears as if time has stopped in this national museum, a museum which should serve as a show window for Slovakia. Stuffed animals are covered with dust and the three employees working as caretakers of the huge building look like the museum exhibits themselves.
