Return of the Idiot

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Return of the Idiot

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Return of the Idiot

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Return of the Idiot

Film Info

Czech Republic 1999 | 140 min. Director: Sasa Gedeon

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Project / Host

European Film Awards

Return of the Idiot

Synopsis

Frantisek (idiot) never got to know or experience anything. he spent his adult life behind the walls of an asylum so he only has first impressions of everything. He know returns to his only known relatives, yet they don't really know of his existence. They know only their own lives and their own relations, which are so web-like and complicated that Frantisek gets trapped in them. He gets involved in conflicts between lovers, siblings and parents. He lands in awkward, funny and stifling situations. He witnesses partners' maneuvering, love conflicts and painful revelations. He feels for everybody and is touched by everything. He understands them better than they understand themselves. However, only the one who understands him can help him to return.