A dead woman, a border town, and secrets tighter than family dinner tension.
A mysterious death in the border town of Varnsdorf brings together a cynical detective and a young idealistic police officer. Their investigation leads them to the local Vietnamese community, which is bound by rigid rules and complicated relationships.
Acting
Novotný's exhaustion is practically its own character.
Cinematography
Border town grayness that makes you check your vitamin D.
Writing
Vietnamese-Czech dynamics rarely this unflinching on screen.
Director
Zdeněk Viktora
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of few Czech films centering Vietnamese diaspora experience, reflecting real tensions in post-communist border regions.
Ha Thanh Špetlíková is actually Czech-Vietnamese, bringing authentic insider perspective rare in the country's cinema.
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