Radovan Král

Autumn 1968, the Australian running record holder Ron Clarke is coming to Prague, hoping that his old friend and role model, Emil Zátopek, the most famous Czech athlete of all time, will help him overcome the biggest crisis of his career.

Fourteen-year-old Pavel, alias Pako, falls into an underground tunnel during an expedition near Lukov Castle, injures his spine, and is confined to a wheelchair. After several months of rehabilitation, he and his mother Věra find it difficult to accept that he will never walk again. Local castle warden Jaromír also has his own problems to deal with in Lukov, as he struggles with grief over the death of his beloved wife. Lukov mayor Karel Zlejšek and his wife Naďa refuse to admit that their relationship is not developing as they had imagined and that this is affecting their son Petr's behavior. Adam and Eva's marriage is also going through a crisis, but so far they have managed to hide it from their children Aničkou and Tadeáš, or Nyny and Dydyn. Tokár arrives in the village with his daughters Dragica and Štěpánka – Šmudla – and tries to fit into everyday life in Lukov.

It's Friday morning. Employees of a bank in a district town are heading off for three days in the mountains for some modern team building. The aim is to strengthen the team, hone their work skills, and, above all, earn bonus points in the personal evaluation of the director, who has decided to kick-start his career by advancing to the branch management in the regional capital. To get promoted, he needs positive evaluations in all areas, including management activities, which he has completely neglected until now. Most employees have no idea what to expect. They imagine a company-paid school trip, but...