THE TENDERNESS

Martin Šulík’s visually and musically surprisingly mature feature film debut. The 20-year-old Šimon accidentally meets Maria and Victor. The two are older than him, but both are just going through a relationship-crisis and have psychological problems similar to those of their new acquaintance. The couple includes Šimon in their intimate affairs. Especially the self-confident and charismatic Viktor tries to meddle with Šimon’s private life. At times it seems like Maria uses Šimon to free herself from her domineering boyfriend. But maybe she and Viktor are only playing a risky game with the young man in order to save their relationship. Nobody here seems to be without blame… NEHA is not only an intense study of the dark side of relationships, but also a film about the general crisis of values.