In this character study by Czech director Frantisek Vlacil, a stout middle-aged physician whose marriage has come apart establishes a practice in a small town. Gradually he's drawn into the lives of his patients—a childless couple, a pregnant girl with a stern mother, the son of a duck farmer—and each relationship reveals a bit more about him and the idyllic but insular community.

• DirectorFrantišek Vláčil
• Release15 April 1977
• GenreDrama
• Duration1h 34m
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  6.6
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• Productions

  Filmové studio Barrandov