Karel Heřman

Dans la France du 19ème siècle, un jeune homme se rend à l'enterrement de sa mère. Il rencontre un marquis porté sur la philosophie et accepte son invitation à venir passer quelques jours chez lui. Mais, une fois la nuit tombée, il se retrouve plongé dans une atmosphère surréaliste, survoltée et totalement délirante...

Hynek Michánek wants to study medicine but fails his entrance exams five times. He starts a job as an orderly in a district hospital where one of the doctors on the examining board works as well. He feels no-one takes him seriously and he loathes the doctors, who treat him with disdain. When an old man begs him to end his pain and suffering by helping him to die, Hynek gives him a "liberating" injection. But now he has done it once, he finds he can't stop. He continues killing other patients, even though he knows he can't get away with it for long.

All the parents suddenly fall asleep, and children have to survive in the world. A thrilling adventure showing what can happen when chaos reigns and children are forced to face the pitfalls of the world on their own.