Mistryně | Guests: Bohdan Karásek, Marie Švestková

Drama | 101 minutes | Screenplay and direction: Bohdan Karásek | Cast: Marie Švestková, Jiří Havelka, Lukáš Bouzek, Taťjana Medvecká and others. After the screening, guests Bohdan Karásek and Marie Švestková will be present for discussion.

In his new film, Bohdan Karásek continues his distinctive approach to relationship drama, building on conversations, small gestures, and careful observation of characters rather than major conflicts or plot twists. With lightness and subtle humour, he captures moments when doubt disrupts an apparently ordered life - moments when decisions thought long settled are suddenly questioned again. Karásek's naturalistic style, grounded in authentic acting and understated revelation of the characters' inner worlds, recalls the conversational films of Éric Rohmer and Richard Linklater. Mistryně touches on partnership, parenthood, and the search for balance between professional ambition and private life - without easy answers or definitive judgements.

Monika is a successful doctor expecting a child with her partner Lukáš, seemingly living the life she wanted. An encounter with her ex-husband Petr reopens questions that remained unresolved between them. What begins as a brief meeting becomes a long walk, during which they reminisce, take stock, and wonder how their lives might have unfolded had they chosen differently.

"It's about simple yet important things that other films don't discuss this way."
"A film that grows with every minute. Absolutely believable naturalistic dialogue about coming to terms with the past. A tear fell at the end."