Luisa and Erika are prototypes of young women who plunge into relationships with the "wrong" men. Luisa wants to become an actress, which upsets her husband Igor to no end. Erika is trying to work as much as possible so that she can afford to study and thereby achieve a better outlook on life, but she unfortunately runs up against a boss who doesn't have the best intentions with her. Ultimately Luisa's husband demonstratively commits suicide. Erika accidentally kills her boss in self-defense... The women blame themselves for all these failures, and that has got to change. Both have to grow up and start living again. Perhaps even together.
Acting
Kohoutová and Pažoutová commit to the beautiful mess
Direction
Vojnár balances tragedy with deadpan absurdity
Writing
Based on Balabán's short story — literary damage
Director
Ivan Vojnár
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Czech author Jiří Balabán's short story, part of a literary tradition of darkly comic Central European female protagonists.
Director Vojnár cast himself as the predatory doctor — a choice that's either self-aware commentary or deeply uncomfortable.
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