Alexander is a young, emotionally-repressed Scot who, upset by his Czechoslovakian mother's death, journeys to Prague to scatter her ashes and track down a piece of film that contains the only existing footage of his family.
Acting
Cumming's raw, repressed grief is career-best subtle.
Cinematography
Prague shot like a faded memory, beautiful and bruised.
Director
Ian Sellar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot just after the Velvet Revolution, capturing Prague in genuine transition — the city itself becomes a character caught between past and future.
This was part of BBC's 'Screen Two' series, which launched dozens of British indie careers in the '80s and '90s.
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