THE WORD

DIRECTOR
Beata Parkanová
SCRIPT
Beata Parkanová
CAMERA
Tomáš Juríček
MUSIC
Jan P. Muchow
CAST
Martin Finger, Gabriela Mikulková, Jenovéfa Boková, Marek Geišberg
PRODUCER
Vojtěch Frič

Czechia-Slovakia-Poland, 2022, 104 min, color

Václav is mild-mannered notary public who settles disputes with a calm appeal to reason. The qualities have made him a respected figure in the small Czech town where he lives with his loyal wife Vera and their two young children – but also a prime target of the Communist Party, who pressures him to join the ranks.  Václav continues to refuse but the year is 1968 and Soviet tanks are already roaming the streets.