Nightline (2021, Czech Republic)
Feature Narrative Film, Crime, Thriller
Running Time: 1 hour 34 minutes
Director: Robert Sedlacek
Writer: Robert Sedlacek
Producer: Jiri Tucek
Cast: Karel Roden, Barbora Bockova, Vilma Cibulkova, Igor Bares, Denisa Baresova
Synopsis: A bittersweet tale around a live interview radio broadcast that changes the lives of several innocent people. After lying low in the USA for almost 20 years Radek makes a surprise visit to his home city of Prague. Tech savvy he manages to avoid revealing all forms of his identity and location to tell his story on a late night radio phone-in show hosted by ambitious young journalist Eva. Eva bends over backwards to accommodate him and becomes embroiled in his mission to track down a young mother called Eliska. Eva has no idea that she herself is part of his plot from an event two decades ago. Czech law gives a 20 year time limit for all crime, including murder. Detectives on the late shift hear the interview and start to build a case but they only have a few hours left before the crime is deemed unpunishable. A fierce struggle for time and justice begins.