Summary
This final film from accomplished director Jiří Hanibal is a children’s story about a seven-year-old boy unable to come to terms with the loss of his mother. The motion picture, released in 1989, relates how Radek’s mother has emigrated to the West, leaving her son in the care of her ex-husband and the boy’s father, who has since re-married. Radek is supposed to believe that his mother has died, but accidentally learns the truth from a neighbour. And so he decides to run away from home with his beloved dog Cézar – the only remaining tie to his former family life. Matouš Soukenka takes the lead role in this inconspicuous psychological film. The young actor previously appeared as the star of the sci-fi comedy Uf-oni jsou tady (The Aliens Are Here!, 1988). The role of the father goes to Zdeněk Žák, while the role of Radek’s understanding stepmother enables actress Zuzana Schulzová to flex her acting muscles.
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