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The Return of the Prodigal Son (1967)

The Return of the Prodigal Son (1967)

Drama
Release Date: 1967, March 10
Directors: Evald Schorm
Countries: Czechoslovakia
Production: Filmové studio Barrandov
Cast: Jiřina Třebická, Jan Kačer, Josef Abrhám, Jiří Menzel, Jana Brejchová, Milan Morávek, Dana Medřická, Anna Lebedová, Antonín Lebeda, Jiří Kylián

Overview:

Engineer Jan Sebek (Jan Kacer) is undergoing treatment in a mental home after his unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide. His therapist, via discussions both with the patient and with people who know him, tries to find out what made the young and seemingly satisfied man decide to end his own life. Jan's pretty wife Jana (Jana Brejchová) claims not to know about anything but she is conducting an affair with a family friend, almost publicly and with the blessing of her parents.

Keywords:

doctor adultery outsider husband wife relationship suicide attempt alienation asylum unhappiness