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A story with psychological twist set in present days, revolving round a dead mans secret; the revelation of this secret brings together two women who should never have met. Vera and Vladimir were a childless couple, closely linked by a bond of love, work and the longing for a child. When Vladimir died, forty-five-year-old Vera feels she has sunk to rock bottom. But from her husbands estate surfaces a trail to a young woman, with whom Vladimir had a child. She is a girl with a shady past, but Vera though in a state of shock realizes that little Vladimir is all that remains of her husband. She decides to take in Agatha and the child, to live with her. However, soon afterwards Agatha disappears. Vera is dismayed at first, but then she begins to look after the little boy as if he were her own, and she is happy. But Agatha returns a few weeks later, determined to look after the child properly herself. Mother and child leave Veras house. So she is alone again, but she does not give in to despair, in fact this, her second loss, has ignited in her the strength to live a full life gain.
SD | 90´ | © 2006
director(s): Jaroslav Brabec
producer(s): Czech Television
scriptwriter(s): Hana Cielová
director of photography: Tomáš Sysel
cast: Barbora Hrzánová, Klára Issová, Hana Maciuchová, Simona Postlerová, Jan Šťastný, Ondřej Havelka and others
rights available: TV, Video, Internet
original language: Czech
subtitles available: English