Prag (Prague)

Wow, what a good movie selection! While perusing Amazon streaming I spy a movie entitled Prague, a city that I recently visited and cannot wait to return. Prague is one of the best movies that I have seen in awhile. What is the storyline of this masterfully produced and acted Danish movie.

Christoffer (Mads Mikkelson) and his wife Maja (Stine Stengade) have traveled from Denmark to sign the final paperwork following the death of Christoffer's father, a father he has not seen or communicated with for 25 years when the father left wife and son for Prague. His father's lawyer (Borivoj Navrátil) make all the arrangements for the shipment of the body back to Denmark and informs Christoffer that the financial balance sheet at the time of death leaves Christoffer with only the house in which his father lived. But during all the 'business' of dealing with his father's death, Christoffer feels a distance from Maja and confronts her with his knowledge that she is having an affair. The veneer of their marriage cracks open and the couple must face the current status of their failing relationship.

Prague is a story about love in all its permutations--disappointments, rewards, and longings both filled and unfulfilled. The manner in which each of the characters plays out the consequences of love against the cold background of the rigid atmosphere of the city of Prague is like watching organisms under a microscope. 

I highly recommend seeing this fabulous movie.