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Adam is a young farmer. As a child, fleeing the bleak reality of his mother's life as a prostitute, he tumbled from a mountain and was mentally injured. Years later, his mother is dying, so Adam sells their only cow to pay for medicine. Rosa, a beautiful young maid, fleeing the sexual exploitation of a wealthy butcher, climbs up to join them on their remote farm and dares to become part of Adam's world. A cycle of life begins again, in a remote turn-of-the-century village tied to the land and its animals.Read moreLess
Adam is a young farmer. As a child, fleeing the bleak reality of his mother's life as a prostitute, he tumbled from a mountain and was mentally injured. Years later, his mother is dying, so Adam sells their only cow to pay for medicine. Rosa, a beautiful young maid, fleeing the sexual exploitation of a wealthy butcher, climbs up to join them on their remote farm and dares to become part of Adam's world. A cycle of life begins again, in a remote turn-of-the-century village tied to the land and its animals.
The story
Adam is a young farmer. As a child, fleeing the bleak reality of his mother's life as a prostitute, he tumbled from a mountain and was mentally injured. Years later, his mother is dying, so Adam sells their only cow to pay for medicine. Rosa, a beautiful young maid, fleeing the sexual exploitation of a wealthy butcher, climbs up to join them on their remote farm and dares to become part of Adam's world. A cycle of life begins again, in a remote turn-of-the-century village tied to the land and its animals.
Cast & crew
Radek HolubAdam
Alena MihulováRóza
Valérie ZawadskáAdam's mother
Antonín MolčíkButcher
Zdeněk DušekVejsada
František PeterkaPoliceman
Vlastimil ZavřelBull's owner
Václav HelšusGamekeeper
Alice Šnirychová-Dvořáková
Roman SlovákFiremanExplore the crew
- Director
- Karel Kachyňa
- Editor
- Jan Svoboda
- Screenplay
- Karel Kachyňa
- Screenplay
- Karel Čabrádek
- Director of Photography
- Petr Hojda
- Original Music Composer
- Petr Hapka