This downbeat, grim drama about three brothers who are reunited at their mother's funeral is actually visually as dark as its story, making it difficult at times to clearly distinguish a scene. These brothers are not particularly exceptional as people go, but at least they have branched out into separate vocations in their lives. One brother is a doctor, another is a criminal, and the third is a bus driver. Like others in Europe, they suffered through World War II, yet no matter what their backgrounds and experiences, their interpersonal relationships are not exactly gripping drama.
Directed by Václav Matějka
Your score–
Not scoredImages
Cast
Radoslav Brzobohatý
Janek Kysučan
Jerzy Trela
Cyril
Božidara Turzonovová
Marie
Magda Vášáryová
Slávka
Pavol Višňovský
Vojta
Zlata Adamovská
Mom (young)
Milena Dvorská
Jarmila
Rudolf Hrušínský
Oskar
Pavel Nový
Perleťák
Věra Kubánková
Mom (old)
Pavel Kříž
Honza
Valerie Kaplanová
Boráková
Veronika Dostalová
Terka
Zdeněk Martínek
Lojza
Related
A Question of Faith
Goodbye June
El Chicano
Lorelei
Bastard Out of Carolina
Brotherly Love
All Day and a Night
The Kindness of Strangers
All Together Now
The Safety of Objects
The Nest
Adopt a Highway
Siberian Education
The Padre
Vanya on 42nd Street
The Truth About Emanuel