Showtimes: Saturday, October 6 at 6:45pm
and Sunday, October 7 at 6:00pm

Awards: Denver International Film Festival - Best European Film, Karlovy Vary International Film Festival - Special Prize of the Jury

In their sixth feature-length film, screenwriter Petr Jarchovský and director Jan Hřebejk – as in the tragicomedy Up and Down – touch upon complex inter-personal relationships in modern Czech society. The heroine of this love story inspired by the poem of the same name by Robert Graves, is an ordinary young woman, Marcela, who has to decide between two men: her undeserving but beloved husband, and an affable, well situated elderly foreigner. The elegant Czech-Italian represents a secure future for Marcela and her two children, and if good sense were guiding her, she wouldn’t hesitate. A central role in this narrative which, according to its creators, is about “sex, money and a good person”, however, is also given over to the heroine’s complicated family relations. Using a simple plot reminiscent of a story from a dime novel, the experienced filmmakers develop an intricate genre piece with an unexpected ending.
~ Karlovy International Film Festival

Principal Cast: Anna Geislerová, Jana Brejchová, Emília Vásáryová,
Josef Abrhám

Producer: Ondrej Trojan
Editor: Vladimír Barák
Cinematographer: Jan Malír
Music: Ales Brezina