Cinematography:
Šimon DvořáčekComposer:
Aid KidCast:
Simona Peková, Jiří Rendl, Annette Nesvadbová, Vladimír Kratina, Judit Pecháček, Jan Vondráček, Vasil Fridrich, Denisa Barešová, Michal KernPlots(1)
Jirka and Aneta are a young couple who enjoy the routine of their quiet relationship and are in no hurry to make big decisions in life. One night in their inherited flat, the doorbell rings and standing at the door is Jirka’s mother Valerie. An initially brief visit turns into a never-ending stay by an intense and caustic diva whose presence fundamentally disrupts the couple’s privacy. Certainties are shaken, boundaries broken. Although the film’s directorial duo works with a familiar premise, they subvert any dark humor with a sense of tension more commonly found in horror movies, all of it wrapped in the penetrating question: Is the mother’s unbearable smothering legitimate or are mothers sometimes the biggest monsters of all? (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Simona Peková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Vyhnání Gerty Schnirch (2016) (theatrical recording)
Stavrogin je ďábel (2005) (theatrical recording)
Raskolnikov: jeho zločin a jeho trest (2009) (theatrical recording)
Jiří Rendl
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Waltzing Matilda (2023)
Zátopek (2021)
Annette Nesvadbová
Best movies:
She Came at Night (2023)
Bohéma (2017) (series)
Hany (2014)
Vladimír Kratina
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Methanol (2018) (TV movie)
Brakýři (1983) (TV movie)
Přítelkyně z domu smutku (1992) (series)
Judit Pecháček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Actor (2020) (series)
Jozef Mak (2021) (TV movie)
The Last Race (2022)
Jan Vondráček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Maškaráda čili Fantom Opery (2009) (theatrical recording)
Jak jsem se ztratil aneb Malá vánoční povídka (2002) (theatrical recording)
Lhář (2005) (theatrical recording)
Vasil Fridrich
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Nineties (2022) (series)
Methanol (2018) (TV movie)
The Defender (2021) (series)
Denisa Barešová
Czech Republic
Best movies:
Suspicion (2022) (series)
Zločin v Posázavském Pacifiku (2013) (theatrical recording)
Innocent Lies (2013) (series)
Michal Kern
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Women in Temptation (2010)
She Came at Night (2023)
Láska je láska (2012)