Perla

In the 1980s, a single mother who fled communist Czechoslovakia has to return to her homeland in order to pay an old debt. The risky trip is upset by unexpected events that bring secrets into the open.

Cast

Rebeka Poláková

as Perla

Simon Schwarz

as Josef

Carmen Diego

as Julia

Noël Czuczor

as Andrej

Hilde Dalik

as Claudia

Ingrid Timková

as Kovácová

Ivan Romančík

as Julius

Zuzana Konečná

as Lenka

František Beleš

as Vojtech

Ivan Šandor

as Receptionist

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