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A bitter comedy set in contemporary days, about how to dispel illusions. The main character is Hanna, a psychologist; her clients and patients come to her hoping that she will help them overcome the problems brought by life. Hanna gives them her time and her professional advice, but who will help her? Her husband is ever jealous of her and finally leaves her, and their young teenager son hides away in the world of computers games. The film is a kaleidoscope of the various comic, tragic and banal stories clients bring to a psychologists office they all long for love, families, interesting jobs, success and riches.
35mm | 108´ | © 2006
director(s): Věra Chytilová
producer(s): Czech Television, Negativ
scriptwriter(s): Věra CHytilová, Kateřina Irmanová
director of photography: Martin Štrba
cast: Jana Janěková, Jana Krausová, Bolek Polívka, David Kraus, Martin Hofman, Mirek Hájek, Jiří Ornest, Barbora Hrzánová, Igor Chmela, Magdaléna Sidonová, Ivan Vyskočil,David Vávra, Oldřich Vávra and others
rights available: TV, Video, Internet, Theatrical
original language: Czech
subtitles available: English