Loved Ones

Family. The tightest bonds, the deepest scars.

Photographer Bára moves to the countryside to be with her partner Igor, but instead of peace, she finds a harsh reality. Unaccepted by his friends and family, led by his unyielding and manipulative mother Jarka, she is thrown into uncertainty. She misses her old life, struggles with a creative crisis, and faces pressure to embrace motherhood, for which she is not ready. A fragile friendship with Igor’s exhausted and insecure sister-in-law, Petra, gradually reveals burning truths that will forever change her perspective on who she is – and who she thought she wanted to be.
A story about finding one's own identity, the power of prejudice, and the courage to stand up to the misfortunes of fate where it seems nothing can be changed. Moving to the village to be with her partner Igor seemed like a pretty good idea to photographer Bára. However, she had no idea how much the remoteness and the local way of life would affect her. Bára doesn't get along with the locals, she misses her friends and her old life, and a creative crisis is weighing on her. She regularly gets into conflicts with Igor's family, especially with his mother Jarka, who is trying to push her into motherhood, which Bára does not feel ready for. In an environment where everything is foreign to her and where she is constricted by misunderstanding, she gradually loses not only Igor but also herself. In an attempt to escape, she unexpectedly grows close to Igor's sister-in-law Petra, a harried mother of two whom she would normally despise. However, she discovers that the picture of family idyll conceals a great deal of pain and manipulation.