Based on the novel by Jáchym Topol. Potok works as a set designer in a small theater. He is in his thirties and his life is essentially going nowhere. He views his surroundings and himself with contempt. His aimless life only changes when he meets Černá. The couple in love escapes from the city. Inevitably, however, they once again encounter human calculation, shallowness, and bad taste. Potok falls back into his former skepticism, which leads to the total breakdown of their relationship. Černá leaves him, and a desperate Potok slowly comes to a more conciliatory attitude toward the world, where there is no longer any place for great love and dark romance. Unlike Jáchym Topol's literary work of the same name, which takes place during the three years after 1989, the film ignores the time frame. It focuses on the hero's internal conflicts, which are timeless.
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Cast
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Jakub Zich
Potok
Also in
Walking Too Fast
Insatiable
Verica Nedeska
Černá
Known for
You Won't Be Alone
M
Filip Topol
Narrator (voice)
Also in
Žiletky
Chmelnice 1991: Psí Vojáci na Chmelnici
Perla Kučerová
Also in
It's Gonna Get Worse
Základka
Ivana Stejskalová
Also in
Po hlavě
Proč bychom se netopili
Přemysl Bureš
Known for
Amundsen
Jáchym Topol
Kristýna Johanesová
Vít Pancíř Director · Jáchym Topol Writer Martin Čihák Cinematographer
First release December 11, 2008 · Produced in Czechia · Production Česká televize, Endorfilm
Production
Avion Film & Sound
Production
Česká televize
Production
Endorfilm
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Czechia
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Original title
Sestra
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
Czechia · December 11, 2008
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Slovakia
May 20, 2010 · Theatrical
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