The religious Karla marries the love of her life, Nikola. As the celebrations advance and the first wedding night approaches, Karla becomes more and more anxious. Then she gets a very unusual idea.
The religious Karla marries the love of her life, Nikola. As the celebrations advance and the first wedding night approaches, Karla becomes more and more anxious. Then she gets a very unusual idea.
Yugoslavia, late 1980s. Parents and son are hastily making the final preparations for Christmas Eve dinner. Their beloved uncle will be turning up from Germany any minute now. But, hang on, are things really as they seem? An unnerving debut à la Haneke that cleverly balances on the edge of farce and oppressive thriller while ingeniously toying with narrative structure.
After several miscarriages, Tereza's gynecologist, in an attempt to cheer her up, jokes she should try to conceive with a different partner. This remark shakes up her monotonous life and steers it in a new direction.