Summaries

A film about the search for life and family relationships. About the unknown forces that guide our steps, about humility and destiny that reaches the edge of the mysterious, where reality dissolves into illusion and illusion into reality.

Details

Keywords
  • title same as book
  • literature on screen
  • central europe
  • european literature on screen
  • czech literature on screen
Genres
  • Adventure
  • Mystery
  • Drama
Release date Jul 26, 2023
Countries of origin United States Japan Czech Republic India Poland Slovakia
Official sites official site
Language English Japanese French Czech
Filming locations Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Production companies Holiday Films IS Produkce White Silhouette Productions

Box office

Budget $2500000
Gross worldwide $450654

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 33m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Surround 7.1
Aspect ratio 2.35 : 1

Synopsis

We follow a story of the implacable and paralyzed Mateusz who is living on the shores of the Baltic Sea, and his son Tomas. They have been trying to find a way back to each other since their fates were divided by a family argument. Tomas also meets Anna, a quiet seeker for the meaning of life who was changed by a tragedy in the family. Another character is a Japanese businessman Fujimura, whose priorities in life alter after he learns that he only has a few more months to live. He recalls the promise he once made to his daughter Sanako to visit the Himalayas together and he decides to fulfill it, since there had never been enough time before... The lives of all the heroes outlined above begin to change right after they all receive a letter from a French priest Michel, who lives in New York and who unfathomably sees into their lives and urges them to change. The destinies of all are also caught up with the story of an author who writes a book about the stories of the above-mentioned characters and that, in turn, more and more impacts his own life, aiding his transformation into a calm man who feels quiet peace independent of external circumstances. On his journeys they experience hard-to- believe moments and attempt to answer the questions that many of us put to ourselves. What awaits us after death, what is the meaning and value of our lives and what in them really makes sense?We follow a story of the implacable and paralyzed Mateusz who is living on the shores of the Baltic Sea, and his son Tomas. They have been trying to find a way back to each other since their fates were divided by a family argument. Tomas also meets Anna, a quiet seeker for the meaning of life who was changed by a tragedy in the family. Another character is a Japanese businessman Fujimura, whose priorities in life alter after he learns that he only has a few more months to live. He recalls the promise he once made to his daughter Sanako to visit the Himalayas together and he decides to fulfill it, since there had never been enough time before... The lives of all the heroes outlined above begin to change right after they all receive a letter from a French priest Michel, who lives in New York and who unfathomably sees into their lives and urges them to change. The destinies of all are also caught up with the story of an author who writes a book about the stories of the above-mentioned characters and that, in turn, more and more impacts his own life, aiding his transformation into a calm man who feels quiet peace independent of external circumstances. On his journeys they experience hard-to- believe moments and attempt to answer the questions that many of us put to ourselves. What awaits us after death, what is the meaning and value of our lives and what in them really makes sense?

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