The second part begins shortly after the death of Michal Dostál, the biggest bastard of them all. Michal's father and grandfather are convinced that teacher Majer was behind the murders of all three students and was avenging his sister's death. They begin to psychologically torment Majer and search for evidence. The new police investigator Karas, who takes over the case from the deceased police investigator Paleček, is also looking for evidence. Karas immediately suspects something is amiss in the deaths of the "bastards" and also begins to focus on Majer, who is now the school principal.
Acting
Three generations of Dostáls chewing scenery like family dinner.
Direction
Lengyel's claustrophobic small-town dread.
Director
Jan Lengyel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tomáš Magnusek, who plays Majer, co-wrote the screenplay—making his character's suffering somewhat self-inflicted.
Part of a wave of 2010s Czech cinema examining post-communist institutional decay through small-town crime stories.
CZ
