A deadbeat gambler falls off a roof and his teenage debtor goes on the run—Czech comedy, folks!
We meet Veronica shortly before her high-school graduation exams. She lives with her mother, an alcoholic, and her mother's partner. One day when he is drunk, he chases Veronica to the roof of a house and falls off, killing himself. He was in debt as he was addicted to gambling. His creditor wants the money back and starts to threaten Veronica. Her mother will not protect her since she is always drunk. Thus, the young girl must leave home and hide far away. On her journey she meets many characters. Some of them are comic, others are rather tragicomic. And Veronica tries to find good people with whom she would feel comfortable and happy, thus giving her life meaning. - Czech film center
Acting
Agáta Hanychová balances vulnerability and deadpan resilience
Direction
Hanzlík finds humor in genuinely tragic setups without cruelty
Director
Kryštof Hanzlík
Agáta Hanychová
Veronika
Pavla Tomicová
matka
Bohdan Tůma
otčím
Jaroslava Obermaierová
babička
Radek Kuchař
hnusák
Kryštof Hádek
Honza
Lukáš Hejlík
Martin
Lucie Pernetová
nevěsta
Petr Pelzer
houbař
Miroslav Táborský
cesták
Pavel Tesař
Miki
Zdeněk Dušek
školník Basek
Barbora Petrová
Soňa
Ludmila Molínová
pistolnice
Vlastimil Zavřel
Nácelník
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of post-Communist Czech tragicomedies where economic desperation meets absurdist humor—think Hřebejk's lighter cousins.
Agáta Hanychová was primarily a model; this was her rare dramatic lead before becoming a tabloid fixture in Czech media.
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