The story takes place in the small South Moravian village of Mouřínov, where the road ends. The residents long to become a "transit" village, and since there is a champion deer caller among them, they make a great effort to host the European Championship in this unique but interesting discipline. The village is busy with preparations, but that's not all. At the same time, the residents' obvious and unspoken relationships are developing, and just as the preparations affect their lives, their relationships affect the course of the preparations. And one day, the championship finally begins...
Acting
Jaromír Dulava commits to deer-calling glory with tragicomic desperation.
Direction
Sedláček finds poetry in pathetic ambition.
Director
Robert Sedláček
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Deer calling (ilum) is a genuine Czech tradition; the film satirizes how post-communist villages clung to hyper-local identity while craving European integration.
Sedláček shot in his actual grandmother's village—the 'transit road' desperation mirrors real Moravian rural decline after EU expansion.
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