A tragic mistake shatters the life of a devoted father, shaking his marriage and isolating him in guilt. As the threat of prison looms, he begins to question whether he deserves to go on living. But when he and his wife come to see that the tragedy was not a personal failure, but something rooted deep in the architecture of the human mind, a fragile path toward forgiveness begins to emerge. Even with this understanding, the question remains: can love survive what no heart was built to endure?

Cast & Crew
Producers: Veronika Paštéková, Anton Skreko, Karel Chvojka, Miloš Lochman, Marta Gmosińska, Mariusz Włodarski
Director: Tereza Nvotová
Script: Tereza Nvotová, Dušan Budzak
Director of Photography: Adam Suzin
Production Design: Nina Feriancová
Music: Pjoni
Sound: Marek Hart, Ivan Horák
Editing: Nikodem Chabior
Cast: Milan Ondrík, Dominika Morávková, Aňa Geislerová, Martina Sľúková
Production: DANAE Production, Moloko film, Lava Films

Awards
Best Director, Best Actor, Czech Film Critics’ Awards; Golden Eye - Best Feature Film Zurich FF, 2025; Special Mention to Milan Ondrík,Warsaw IFF, 2025; Cinematographers’ Debuts Competition - Golden Frog, Camerimage IFF, 2025; Best Director, Golden Orange Antalya IFF, 2025: Best Film, Best Screenplay, Stockholm IFF, 2025; Best Actor Award to Milan Ondrík, Les Arcs IFF, 2025; FIPRESCI Prize for the Best Actor (Milan Ondrík), Palm Springs IFF, 2026

Tereza Nvotová
Tereza Nvotová is a Slovakia-born, Prague- and New York-based filmmaker. Her second feature, the feminist mystery-drama Nightsiren (2022), won the Golden Leopard at Locarno in the Filmmakers of the Present competition, screened at over 40 international festivals, and was released worldwide. Her debut feature Filthy (2017) premiered in Rotterdam and received numerous awards. Before moving into fiction, she directed several documentaries, including the HBO film The Lust for Power (2017), which was selected for the European Film Awards. Nvotová is also tapped to direct the buzzy political true-crime series Our People awarded at Series Mania.

Filmography
Filthy (2017), The Lust for Power (doc., 2017), Nightsiren (2022), Father (2025) ․