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Contrary to content highlighted in the official trailer, this story does not deal with complicated relationship between Czech and Slovaks in the Czechoslovak Federation in years following the fall of communist regime or the dissolurion of this country itseld. Apart from a few sentences devoted to this matter (all packed into the trailer), this movie rather focuses on the communist past and its impact on individual families. It is somewhat dissapointing, that from four decades of totaliarian regime with thosands of well-documented attrocities commited by the secret communist police, the filmmakers 30-something years later chose a rather banal case for the movie.

The scenes were good for that particular era, with only minor imperfections and details. Kramer, the young canadian/american actress, was a true delight in the movie, unfortunately, it was not enough to save this title from a disappointing impression.

I'll try my best avoiding the spoilers but I have to say that this story is indeed telling. I understand that law enforcement in United States is (and has to be) taken very seriously but still, one may not blindly follow everything a guy, acting as a police officer, say over the phone. Especially, when what he says is absurd beyond doubt, and obviously criminal. Managers who complied were either intelectually challenged, thought they need to protect the company and their jobs even if it took to treat an employee inhumanely - or - they simply wanted to believe, or pretended to believe they have a credible get-out-of-jail explanation to commit sexual assault which they have dearly enjoyed. And the most intriguing question of all - why make a three episode document with such outcome, when it was perfectly clear, that most questions cannot be answered?