Rules of Lies

The story

33-year-old Roman decides to tackle his drug addiction by undergoing group therapy as part of a community holed up on an isolated farm in the Šumava mountains. Twelve people, men and women of varying ages and social status, voluntarily subject themselves to a tough regime under the supervision of three therapists. Many of them have stared death in the face already – overdoses, suicide attempts, and aggression heightened by the use of hard drugs, outwardly affecting even the strongest of them. Each brings something of his past into the group, which he has to experience again, both for himself and for those assembled. Past anguish, wrongs and guilt give rise to new problems: in this thickening atmosphere of suspicion and lies, who can still be trusted? This intimate psychological drama deliberately sets out to break up the tight narrative form through retrospectives in which we learn about the past life of each individual.

Cast

J Jiří LangmajerMilan D David ŠvehlíkRoman P Petra JungmanováJolana K Klára IssováMonika M Martin TrnavskýAdam I Igor ChmelaTom J Jan BudařFilip M Martin StránskýZdeněk D David NovotnýKarel J Jaroslav PleslMartin E Eva VrbkováDana J Jana JaněkováMarcela

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J Jaromír DulavaRuda K Kristýna ChrástováPetra Z Zuzana FialováDáša K Kristina Janotovádcera Karla Z Zita Morávkovábývalá žena Karla M Matěj Dadákmuž Karlovy bývalé ženy N Nikol BednářováAdélka