WAVES

It’s 1967 Czechoslovakia, and technician Tomás has just started working at the country’s most renowned public radio station. But as the Soviets crack down on any dissenting opinions, Tomás must either become an informant or protect his activist younger brother in this nerve-racking journalism thriller.This period film, directed by Jiří Mádl, tells the gripping and never-before-published stories of the journalists of Czechoslovak Radio. At the end of the 1960s, when the air is filled with rock-and-roll and student rebellions are changing the world, the older of two brothers joins a prestigious newsroom of the public radio broadcaster. Not long after, he finds himself in the middle of a dangerous conflict between journalists and the secret service. A whirlwind of events soon throws everyone’s lives in danger. The main protagonist stands before a difficult choice: should he protect his brother or stand up for the truth and his colleagues? Inspired by the true story of a group of journalists from the International News Office of Czechoslovak Radio and their determination to broadcast independent news, regardless of what it may cost them.