Kajínek

Kajínek
Kajínek

Czech Republic / 2010 / 106 min
Fiction

Kajínek
Kajínek

Czech Republic / 2010 / 106 min
Fiction

A thriller inspired by the true story of the Czech Republic’s most infamous living convict. Don’t ask. Don’t pry. Try not to hear. When you see an injustice, close your eyes! You cannot win by taking on the System! Jiří Kajínek has nothing to lose. He has been given a life sentence for a double murder. His young lawyer, ignoring his lack of trust in her, attempts tirelessly to help get his case retried. She has to secure new evidence, and simultaneously repel pressure from the police and deal with the court’s arrogance and witnesses living in fear. She soon learns that it is dangerous to ask questions. Nonetheless, she is attracted by Kajínek’s case. What is her motive? What forces everyone to lie and avoid the truth? Who is standing behind the scenes? Kajínek no longer trusts anyone, except himself. His will to bang his head against a brick wall enables him to escape from the most daunting high-security jail in the Czech Republic. Will he take his revenge or does he want to prove his innocence? But Kajínek’s lawyer vascillates a long while before being able to ask herself the crucial question. What is her client hiding from her? What has Kajínek never revealed to anybody? You will find out all the answers in this crime thriller full of action, emotions and brand new information regarding the case.

Cast / Alice Bendová , Václav Noid Bárta , Deana Jakubisková - Horváthová , Boguslaw Linda , Konstantin Lavroněnko , Werner Daehn , Michal Dlouhý , Vladimír Dlouhý , Tatiana Dyková    Writer / Petr Jákl , Marek Dobeš    Story / Petr Jákl    DoP / F. A. Brabec    Editor / Matouš Outrata    Sound / Martin Jílek    Music / Václav Noid Bárta

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