Les – Baroš Marek (2022)

A silent trio wanders through the frozen forest – Prst, Malá, and Dcera. The world around them is hostile and dangerous. The travelers try to avoid predators, hunters, and wolves, and their journey resembles a dance in a minefield. Prst is haunted by memories of his childhood, when people began to disappear from the streets like soap bubbles, when his parents vanished as if they had never existed. He soon understood that something evil had happened to the world, and different rules began to apply than before. Morality and conscience transformed into empty concepts; strength and cruelty decided everything. To survive, the boy had to adapt. Miraculously, he reached adulthood. Today he knows that making noise and attracting the attention of cannibals is deadly dangerous. That’s why he now communicates with his wife and child only through sign language. As the trio passes through the desolate landscape, Dcera asks about everything she does not yet know, and Prst gestures to tell her about the wonders of 'normal life,' about shops, restaurants, statues, underground garages, credit cards... But even he himself finds it incomprehensible, like a distant dream. Instead of mastering a computer, it is useful to read tracks, catch a stray cat for dinner, and detect danger in time. The goal of their arduous journey is a distant wetland,…