A poetically psychological Czech-German coproduction by Czech-born German resident Ivan Fíla. An embittered Bavarian furniture restorer puts in for property restitution in post-Velvet Revolution Slovakia. Finding resistance, he opts to persuade the local farmer to 'sell' him his foster daughter Lea in compensation. The girl is mute as the traumatic result of her mother's death. The motley pair eventually find shared moments in a spiritual relationship.

Cast / Lenka Vlasáková , Hanna Schygula , Tereza Větrovská , Miroslav Donutil , Christian Redl , Gerd Lohmeyer , Udo Kier    Writer / Ivan Fíla    DoP / Vladimír Smutný    Editor / Ivana Davidová    Sound / Marcel Spisak , Max Rammler    Music / Petr Hapka

Release date / 22 May 1997