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Mikolás and his brother Adam end up with a young German hostage of noble blood during a robbery. While their clan prepares for the wrath of the German king, Mikolás is sent to pressure his neighbor Lazar into a defense pact. Persuasion fails and he abducts Lazar's daughter Marketa on the eve of her initiation as a nun in an act of vengeance.

Medieval Bohemia erupts in a primal collision of pagan clan warfare and emerging Christian order. This hypnotic vision uses immersive, handheld camerawork to pull you directly into the mud and blood of a fractured age.

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