Oligophrenic Fany (Bohdalová) lives with her aunt who suddenly manages to travel abroad. Fany has to move to her sister (Jirásková). Two very different women, one mentally disabled and the second one intelligent doctor has to live together and learn from each other about tolerance, loneliness, life and why call dogs "Mister".
Acting
Bohdalová's Fany — never caricature, always human, absolutely shattering.
Direction
Kachyňa's final film; he knew he was dying, and it shows in every frame.
Writing
The 'Mister' dog scene — deceptively simple, impossibly profound.
Director
Karel Kachyňa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Karel Kachyňa was dying of cancer during filming and knew it; he died months after release, making this his deliberate final statement.
The 'Mister' quirk references Czech formal address customs — Fany's childlike literalism accidentally preserves dignity that 'proper' society strips away.
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