Does a crisis and infidelity in a relationship or marriage have to result in its breakdown? Can love withstand intimate relationships with other people? And is it possible to be a good parent outside the traditional family? An insightful probe into the life of a married couple whose crisis resulted in an open relationship. The ensuing process triggers a reflection on relationships within the wider family, which the director follows with extraordinary openness and closeness, and the whole film ultimately becomes a reflection on how only by breaking the cycle of fears and lies on a personal and intimate level can a healthy and open society be the basis for a healthy and open society.
Diana and Tomas have lived together for several years. They have two young sons. But into their relationship enters infidelity and the secrets, mistrust and lies that come with it. But in the ensuing crisis, they are also able to acknowledge that their failures are mutual, which triggers a new opportunity to communicate on a different level and to get to know each other, exploring deeper motivations and stories in their childhood and extended family. In a certain euphoria at having found a way out of the crisis, they opt for an open relationship. Over time, they discover that mistrust is not as easy to get rid of as it seems. The film follows in detail and with emotional depth their struggle to navigate the situation and not betray their love, while taking into account the children who are necessarily part of the whole situation. But in addition, it also portrays the family background from which the protagonists themselves emerged, raising questions as to whether it is possible to live differently and avoid family traumas that can be transmitted across generations in surprising and unreflected ways - even without considering that there may be a prominent psychologist among the ancestors.
Slovakia 83 min
documentary
directed by Diana Fabiánová
Programme subject to change.
