František Bubík

A classical ballad motif about an aging father and his three daughters is quite unusually here set against the backdrop of Czechoslovakia of the 1950s. After having been expropriated, the former landowner Majda seeks refuge with his three daughters whom he had sent to a convent a long time ago. But only the youngest one is able to forgive him and she is willing to take care of him despite the threat of expulsion from the order.

A Slovak comedy from director Štefan Uher and screenwriter Alfonz Bednár.

A girl is transformed into a maple tree by her impulsive and angry mother. Three poor wandering musicians come by the tree and create instruments from it. Walking around the country instead of happiness they bring death everywhere with their cursed instruments. However they cannot get rid of them, unless they bury the wooden instruments at the place of the tree. The three are anything but harmonious, each taking in their disputes various stances.

Un jeune déserteur polonais et organiste doué trouve refuge contre les fascistes dans un monastère franciscain slovaque. Il entre en conflit avec l'organiste et chef de chœur local, un homme limité dans sa vision du monde et ses valeurs spirituelles.