Directed by:
Ivan PokornýScreenplay:
Iva ProcházkováCinematography:
Armin DierolfComposer:
Jiří HájekCast:
Adéla Petřeková, Robert Jašków, Kryštof Rímský, Jan Plouhar, Taťjana Medvecká, Miroslav Středa, Josef Kadeřábek, Zdeněk Žák, Ivan Pokorný, Jiří Severa (more)Plots(1)
A seemingly harmless fit of jealousy between two lovers brings about an increasingly sinister entanglement of events. Hidden secrets are revealed, sly lies are decoded, and eventually the characters begin to show their true colours. In this thriller, gripping until the last minute, nothing is as it appears to be at first sight.
Late autumn in the Czech countryside: After a fierce quarrel with her boyfriend Richard, Dora leaps out of their car onto a country road. The place where she stops a passing car a few minutes later is a spot that is known to be a pick-up place for prostitutes in the area. The driver of the car, Adam, takes Dora for a prostitute and offers her a business deal: She is to pretend to be his younger brother Martins’ girlfriend at a family reunion, in order to give the family an impression of Martin having mastered his personal crisis and having given his life a new sense of direction.
In order to escape the jealous and violent Richard, Dora takes Adam up on the offer, and even accepts a generous advance payment from him. Richard follows the two of them. A suspense-packed car chase begins, during which Richard loses track of Dora repeatedly. He eventually manages to find out her whereabouts by enlisting the help of a policeman friend under false pretenses. On an isolated farm in the woods, where the odd-seeming Martin dwells, a nerve-wracking cat-and-mouse game begins. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Adéla Petřeková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Leonard Bernstein: Mše (2018) (theatrical recording)
Kazimír a Karolína (2010) (theatrical recording)
Bohéma (2017) (series)
Robert Jašków
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Operace Silver A (2007) (TV movie)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Czech Century (2013) (series)
Kryštof Rímský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Mistakes (2021)
Wrong Side Up (2005)
Innocent Lies (2013) (series)
Jan Plouhar
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Burning Bush (2013) (TV movie)
Zkrocení zlé ženy (2016) (theatrical recording)
Taťjana Medvecká
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Jako bychom se ani neznali (1982) (theatrical recording)
Miroslav Středa
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hráči (1983) (theatrical recording)
Racek (1976) (theatrical recording)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Josef Kadeřábek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Zodiac Murders (2015) (series)
Cold Sunday (2012)
Zdeněk Žák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Merlin aneb Pustá zem (1988) (theatrical recording)
Návštěva z vesmíru (1977) (TV movie)
Šťastlivec Sulla (1991) (TV movie)
Ivan Pokorný
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Jiří Severa
Best movies:
Maria Theresa (2017) (series)
Oktopus (2023) (series)
Přání Ježíškovi (2021)
Jiří Racek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Czech Century (2013) (series)
Hana Vagnerová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Actor (2020) (series)
Vyvraždění rodiny Greenů (2002) (TV movie)
Satan's Stratagem (2009) (series)
Jana Boušková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Rok na vsi (1995) (theatrical recording)
Kytice (2020) (theatrical recording)
The Girl on the Broomstick (1971)
Martin Hanuš
Best movies:
Angel of the Lord (2005)
Cold Sunday (2012)
Tobiáš Rímský
Best movies:
The Defender (2021) (series)
The Snake Brothers (2015)
Ice Mother (2017)