(The Affair)
Drama | Czech Republic 2019
Swiss premiere
OV Eng. w/o ST | 104′ | Julius Sevcík
Carice van Houten, Hanna Alström, Claes Bang et al.
Arthouse Uto
Houdini & Riffraff
Online-Edition
In 1930s Czechoslovakia, Liesel and her husband Viktor, a Jewish industrialist, build a modernist family home, an architectural masterpiece that represents a bright future. However, that future fails to materialise: As the Nazis occupy the country, Liesel and her best friend Hana, also married to a Jewish man, must sacrifice everything to save their families. When they meet again years later, the house is in ruins, but their feelings for each other are as strong as ever. Based on the novel The Glass Room by Simon Mawer, who in turn was inspired by Mies van der Rohe’s Villa Tugendhat in Moravia.