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The film begins in 1988 while the Soviet bloc is beginning to disintegrate. František Louka, a middle-aged Czech man dedicated to bachelorhood and the pursuit of women, is a concert cellist struggling to make out a living by playing funerals at the Prague crematorium. He has lost his previous job at the Czech Philharmonic due to having been half-accidentally blacklisted as "politically unreliable" by the authorities. A friend offers him a chance to earn a great deal of money through a sham marriage to a Russian woman to enable her to stay in Czechoslovakia. The woman then uses her Czechoslovak citizenship to emigrate and join her boyfriend in West Germany.
Due to a concurrence of circumstances, she has to leave behind her Russian-speaking five-year-old son, Kolya, for the disgruntled Czech musician to look after"
This film is completely heart felt but simply a little too dry. The acting is good but the camera style takes away from every scene. Its truly a simple film with complicated characters that are just trying to life while under the threat and control of the soviets. I enjoyed this film a lot especially when the two characters get close, it was truly interesting to see. It was my first Czech film and hopefully wont be the last.
2.8/5
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