Two mischievous adolescent boys embark on a journey of imaginative misadventure and coming-of-age self-discovery, in Olmo Omerzu's road-trip comedy celebrating the need to indulge the innocence, impulsiveness, and irrepressibility of youth.
"I do not care if we go down in history as barbarians." These words, spoken in the Council of Ministers of the summer of 1941, started the ethnic cleansing on the Eastern Front. The film attempts to comment on this statement.
The Hanuliaks, a couple from Slovakia, have decided to bring up their son according to Kamevéda, a complex approach to developing the child's motor abilities and intellect. Unique in its depth of focus, this reflection on child-rearing documents a year in the life of four-year-old Misko, where not a minute is wasted since there is no room for boredom and moments of rest are merely preparation for the next achievement.
In this Czech answer to the smash hit series Succession, leading Czech actor Miroslav Donutil excels in the central role of Ivo Rona, the ageing CEO of a technology company who refuses to let go of the family business to the growing despair of his three children, successors in waiting. When a huge embezzlement in his company is discovered, Rona is determined to find the culprit despite his failing heart. And then his long-serving, long-suffering secretary Marie, one of his most trusted employees, goes missing. Revenge, corporate sabotage, or a well-played internet fraud? An absorbingly twisty, delightful wry black comedy featuring philosophical birds offering wise words and sound advice.