BrainStorm
Directed by Jiří StrachThe hero of this comedy is Jakub, who is a psychologist. He tries to help others, but is less successful in solving his own problems. He is in debt, has a mortgage to pay as well as alimony and child maintenance, and is refurbishing his consulting room. He is utterly exhausted. On top of it all his brother asks him to take care of their elderly father, who is getting to be ever more helpless and is in the early stages of senile dementia. The old man is like a naughty child and looking after him brings about some grotesque situations for Jakub. At the point when the situation has become practically intolerable for Jakub, vis major intervenes in the form of a special medicine with incredible effect: BrainStorm. And so they all get a second chance to set right what they had not managed to during the time originally allotted by nature.
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