Directed by:
Věra ChytilováCinematography:
Martin ŠtrbaCast:
Jana Janěková, Jana Krausová, Bolek Polívka, David Kraus, Igor Bareš, Martin Hofmann, Jiří Ornest, Kateřina Irmanovová, Barbora Hrzánová, Emma Černá (more)Plots(1)
Hana is a psychologist – an independent woman, one could say emancipated; her husband is unemployed – jealous of his wife – he finds a younger girlfriend who admires him; their teen-age son Honzík is frustrated – nobody spends time with him. Eva is Hana’s client – a successful, attractive, and well-groomed middle-aged woman having problems with her 25-year-old son – she falls head over heels in love with her son’s friend – her son is offended by his mother’s behavior – but even he finally falls in love with the much older Hana – which, in turn, disgusts Hana’s son. Another patient of Hana, millionaire Dub, looks very much like Bolek Polívka – suffers from depression because he can have anything he wants but is bored with it all – he longs for Hana – she rejects him – and on and on… There are many more characters in our story – young and old, poor and rich – visiting Hana’s clinic, they churn out their problems. The film should evoke a feeling of a kaleidoscope of various comical, tragic, and even banal fragments of human existence. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jana Janěková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Walking Too Fast (2009)
Bludičky (2010) (TV movie)
Jana Krausová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Zámek v Čechách (1993) (TV movie)
Stairway to Power (2023) (series)
Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977)
Bolek Polívka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cosy Dens (1999)
The Elementary School (1991)
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
David Kraus
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Obraz Doriana Graye (2010) (theatrical recording)
Women on the Run (2019)
Tribute to Miro Žbirka 70 (2022) (concert)
Igor Bareš
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Periferie (2017) (theatrical recording)
Waves (2024)
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Martin Hofmann
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Waves (2024)
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
The Defender (2021) (series)
Jiří Ornest
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Příběhy obyčejného šílenství (2009) (theatrical recording)
Racek (1996) (theatrical recording)
Šťastlivec Sulla (1991) (TV movie)
Kateřina Irmanovová
Best movies:
The White Dove (1960)
Pleasant Moments (2006)
Barbora Hrzánová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hrdý Budžes (2003) (theatrical recording)
Rok na vsi (1995) (theatrical recording)
Racek (1996) (theatrical recording)
Emma Černá
Czechoslovakia
Michal Hofbauer
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Gentlemen Boys (1975)
Operace Silver A (2007) (TV movie)
Želary (2003)
Igor Chmela
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Oblomov (2002) (theatrical recording)
Král Lear (2003) (theatrical recording)
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Jana Janěková ml.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sluha dvou pánů (2000) (theatrical recording)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Smrt Hippodamie (2007) (theatrical recording)
Věra Kubánková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Fantastic Planet (1973)
Válka vypukne po přestávce (1978) (theatrical recording)
Panoptikum Města pražského (1987) (series)
Zdeněk Pecháček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Lord of War (2005)
Our Lovely Pig Slaughter (2024)
Murder in Polná (2016) (TV movie)
Anna Polívková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
The Defender (2021) (series)
Zločin v Posázavském Pacifiku (2013) (theatrical recording)
Zora Rozsypalová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
...and Give My Love to the Swallows (1972)
Catherine and Her Children (1970)
The Night Overtake Me (1985)
Ivan Shvedoff
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
Magdalena Sidonová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Racek (1996) (theatrical recording)
Autumn Spring (2001)
Identity Card (2010)
Miroslav Šimůnek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Casino Royale (2006)
Tristan & Isolde (2006)
Boží pole s. r. o. (2006) (TV movie)