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When? Every Wednesday in July and August at 9:30 p.m.
How much does a ticket cost? A single admission is CZK 270
What about DOX Club members? 20% discount, categories Supporter and Patron have free entry
How to buy a ticket? Tickets can be purchased online, during opening hours at the DOX box office (Poupětova 1) and on the day of the screening from 8 pm to 9.30 pm at the DOX+ box office (Poupětova 3).
What if it rains? In case of bad weather, the screening will be cancelled. We will refund your money if the screening has not started yet.
In what language? Films are shown in the original language with Czech subtitles.
The DOX+ terrace and bar will be open before the screening from 8pm.
Full summer cinema programme here.
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Due to inclement weather, the screening of Sunset Boulevard has been rescheduled for Thursday, July 24, 2025.
DOX and the Ponrepo Cinema invite you to a series of summer movie nights under the stars and in the universe of David Lynch with Sunset Boulevard.
The screening will be introduced by film critic Martin Pleštil and David Havas, the curator of DOX Summer Cinema – David Lynch Season.
“The right setting is extremely important. Take, for example, the mansion in Sunset Boulevard, one of my favourite films. That house, I want to be there! Even today, I find myself driving down Sunset Boulevard and thinking: I wish I could find that house here somewhere and go inside! Somehow I just can’t accept that it’s not possible. I don’t really care about the plot at all – I just love the place where it’s set.” – David Lynch
In 1950s Hollywood, unknown screenwriter Joe Gillis is unable to sell his work to the movie studios. He’s in debt and is considering returning to his hometown. When he gets an offer to ghostwrite a script for a faded silent film star, he jumps at the chance. However, he discovers that a dangerous relationship is gradually developing between him and Norma Desmond (played by Gloria Swanson in a suggestive and almost autobiographical performance).
Billy Wilder’s fraught tale of the artistic ego is set in the now forgotten world of Hollywood studios, an environment that was mythical for David Lynch and never ceased to fascinate him. In a film steadily suffused with cynicism and empathy, the stars of the silent era slowly march past, including a scene with Cecil B. DeMille playing himself. But the fantastic screenplay, full of references for the cinephiles in the audience, also gives Erich von Stroheim a chance to shine as the devoted butler of the unhinged Norma.
In a similar vein, Lynch himself later made a climactic study of Hollywood’s toxic narcissism in what is perhaps his best film – Mulholland Drive – where the forgotten diva is replaced by the aspiring but unsuccessful young actress Betty in a riveting performance by the at that time unknown Naomi Watts.
director: Billy Wilder
starring: Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Erich von Stroheim
USA, 1950 / 110 min
Film is shown in the original English language with Czech subtitles.
Each ticket comes with a small bottle of ice-cold Pilsner Urquell (valid for visitors over 18 years of age).
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