The tenderness and pulse under the wounds and pains on the eve of the sudden change

During a funeral accompaniment service, cello player Luca gently lifted up the singer's long skirt with the bow of the cello, and performed a very artistic tease. The singer was dignified and devoted, with a melodious singing voice, but her lower body was twisted. Can't escape, occasionally throws the blurred eyes at Luca. Similar to the so-called art movies in other European regions, in the next few moments, Luca welcomed the showgirl's embrace in his messy room. At this time, the camera was backlit, and the figure was dim. On the bed, Luca embraced the showgirl's slender thighs. When the cello, with ten fingers roaming on it, the artistic affair is dealt with humorously.

This is the beginning of the film. With easy and humorous brushwork, Jane outlines the rambling life of a single middle-aged man. From his unharmonious chats with friends, we can know that he is basically unhappy, lonely, but free. He used to be a famous cello player of the National Symphony Orchestra, and now he has fallen into the realm of playing for the dead. The reason for this is not very clear at the beginning, but slowly, the film gives out a reality about the change of the times. The background is interestingly linking personal destiny with social changes. All Luka’s encounters come from his unfriendliness to the Soviets. The Soviet flag that he has not been willing to put on shows the political conscience of a Czech artist.

Sometimes stance is a kind of destiny. In Eastern Europe in 1988, under such a turbulent political environment, it was especially cruel. The fate was bizarre enough that Luca's deserted life began to change because of the intervention of a Soviet child. The constant emergence caught Luca off guard.

Because of lack of money, Luca agreed to fake marriage with a Soviet woman in order to obtain a reward, and the Soviet woman also obtained Czech status. Soon after marriage, the Soviet woman went to West Germany under the Czech identity and stayed there (called "defection" at that time). She left her five-year-old son Kolia at her grandmother's house in Prague. It happened that her grandmother died in a car accident. Ya was sent to his false stepfather Luca's house, and there was a beautiful peaceful coexistence between the Soviet child and the old Czech man.

From Coria’s panic eyes to nervously holding Luca’s generous hand when crossing the road, from Luca’s crying and laughing when Coria first arrived in Coria, it’s not from Coria’s anxiety after being lost in the subway, from temptation to care, From tireless to reluctant to give up, deduced the touching "father and son" affection. Obviously, this deep affection is not only about the truth, goodness and beauty between people, it entrusts the director's good wishes to the two nations. In such an atmosphere, the trauma of one nation is diluted by a selfless love, and the film is extraordinary.

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