We Have Never Been Modern

"We Have Never Been Modern" (2023) is a crime drama film set in 1937 Slovakia. The movie follows Helena Hauptová (Eliška Křenková), a pregnant former medical student and wife of Alois Haupt (Miloslav König), a factory director, as she uncovers the truth behind a mysterious discovery on the factory premises that challenges her own prejudices and understanding of intersexuality. As she delves deeper into the mystery, Helena must navigate a male-dominated environment to find answers about her own child's safety. The film explores themes of capitalism, scandal, birth, death, and exclusion in a town where the construction of a new modern city is threatened by a sinister discovery.