A dark and absurd road-movie comedy in which the grandmother fulfills a dream, the mother stops treating her daughters like kids, the daughters stop treating their husbands like idiots, and the father's ashes get spread all over the country.
Acting
Iva Janžurová's commanding matriarch performance anchors the chaos
Direction
Nellis balances grief and absurdity with surgical precision
Writing
Dialogue that cuts deep while making you snort-laugh
Director
Alice Nellis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nellis emerged from the Czech New Wave tradition of using dark comedy to process national trauma, though this film focuses on intimate family collapse rather than political allegory.
Real-life sisters Sabina and Theodora Remundová play on-screen sisters, adding uncomfortable authenticity to their rivalry.
CZ
