At night, NELA (35) is professional dominatrix Madam Chimera. Behind her mask of authority, she keeps her clients’ emotions at a safe distance. By day, she passes time looking after her turtles, working out and sleeping. Single and anxious about her fertility, Nela decides to freeze her eggs, so she must stay sober for three months to prepare. A new client, an acclaimed architect who is depressed and lonely, enters her life. He doesn’t seek anything sexual; wishing to be punished for being an absent father, he manipulates Nela into playing the role of his daughter. For Nela, whose dad left when she was a few years old, this is a painful task.This relationship, as well as a new friendship and budding romance, force Nela to reflect on her life choices and question her longing for motherhood.

Cast / Karin Bilíková , Jan Vlasák , Anita Krausová , Jakub Gottwald , Gabriela Míčová    Costumes / Josefína Bakošová    Dop / Šimon Havel    Editor / Šimon Hájek , Jakub Jelínek    Make up / Olga Khomyn    Music / Anabasis Label    Set designer / Nino Zardalishvili    Sound / Dominik Dolejší    Writer / Barbora Chalupová , Monika Dembińska

Completion date / February 2027

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