Dana Kubálková

A peine née, une jeune princesse reçoit une malédiction de sa tante, jalouse que sa soeur soit devenue reine à sa place. A ses dix-sept ans, la jeune fille s'endormira comme tout le royaume, quand elle se piquera le doigt. Avant l'arrivée des dix-sept ans fatals, le roi se débarrasse de tous les rosiers et objets piquants, et tente de la faire épouser par un prince d'un autre royaume pour l'éloigner...

Three arias from Antonín Dvořák´s fairytale opera Rusalka turned in to a movie, sung by Gabriela Beňačková (Rusalka), Libuše Márová (Witch), René Tuček (Hunter).

La petite sirène sauve un prince de la noyade et tombe amoureuse de lui. Pour vivre avec lui, elle fait un pacte avec une sorcière maléfique : sa belle voix contre une vie sur la terre... Cela semble fonctionner mais la mémoire d'une princesse étrangère le hante encore : celle qui l'a trouvé sur la plage où la sirène l'avait quitté...

Sixteen-year-old students of a grammar school are supposed to write essays on "Love". The class best student Andrea (Jaroslava Schallerová) writes about a patriotic love to a country as she has no experience with a partner love. She has been living alone with her divorced pretty mother Eva (Milena Dvorská), a dentist, for many years. Recently, however, Eva met her former school-days love at a graduates' party, nowadays a famous hockey goalkeeper Brukner (Frantisek Velecký). Also his marriage fell apart; he leaves the national team and decides to leave Prague for his home town and to share flat with Eva. He takes with him his son Petr (Oldrich Kaiser), in Andrea's age, who gets his last chance to finish a grammar school in the town.

The Homolka family celebrates a great occasion: they were finally able to buy a car. They immediately begin to drive for small trips to Hradcany, to the airport, and plan further trips. Their euphoria is spoiled by a letter from their great-grandmother. Their great-grandfather is dying and the family is expected to come along to say goodbye. The annoyed Homolkas therefore set off to the South Bohemian village where the grandparents live.