Matylda, who lives in the Czech countryside, is trying to arrange burial plans for her dying husband, Jan. While Matylda hopes to have a funeral for Jan in the small town where they once lived, there are complications. Years earlier, Jan spoke out against the Communist government and was consequently expelled from the town. When Matylda fails to convince a local politician to allow the ceremony, she uses her husband's funeral as a public show of dissent.

Jaroslava Tichá
as Matylda Chladilová

Ľudovít Kroner
as Jan Chladil

Josef Somr
as

Jana Vychodilová
as

Ludmila Roubíková
as

Jan Kühnmund
as

Gustav Opočenský
as

Božena Böhmová
as

Josef Bartůněk
as

Vladimír Huber
as