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Petr finds himself lost in a dead end job as an airport dispatch worker and his girlfriend has left him for someone with more elevated prospects. However, it appears increasingly that he may be the only sane person in the bizarre, but undoubtedly normal world that surrounds him. His father, who used to provide the commentaries for Communist-era newsreels, disconcerted by the new realities, finds himself exploiting his former persona for artistic performances while his mother works obsessively collecting second hand clothes to alleviate the effects of war and catastrophe. Petr’s boss has a sexual preference for shop window mannequins and Petr is soon supplementing his income as a paid observer to his neighbors’ more intimate moments. The plot hinges on a chance phone call and a touch of black magic. Based on Petr Zalenka’s award-winning 2001 play, Tales of Common Insanity, this film has a great deal of dark and sardonic humor that stings. - London Film Festival

Petr Zelenka is one of the highest award-winning Czech screenwriters and directors of the young generation. He graduated in script editing and screenwriting from Prague’s Film Academy (FAMU) in 1991, and then worked as a script consultant for Barrandov Film Studios. Winner of “Tiger” Award at Rotterdam for Buttoners and also of “Crystal Globe” at Karlovy Vary for Year of the Devil.