After a fictitious marriage with a Russian emigrant, Cellisten Louka, a Czech man, must suddenly take responsibility for her son. However, it’s not long before the communication barrier is broken between the two new family members.
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Andrei Chalimon Zdeněk Svěrák Libuše Šafránková Stella Zázvorková Ondřej Vetchý Nela Boudová Silvia Šuvadová Ladislav Smoljak Liliyan Malkina Karel Heřmánek Jiří Sovák Petra Špalková René Přibil Miroslav Táborský Slávka Budínová Regina Rázlová Filip Renč Pavel Vondruška Irina Bezrukova Magdalena Šebestová
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