Prague Duet

I had never heard of this movie, but since I am going to Prague this summer, I wanted to check it out. I was very surprised. This is a deep romantic movie of a woman who falls in love with a former Czech dissident writer, only to have their love tested by a family secret from the woman's past. This is an outstanding movie. Gina Gershon looks good and acts great. I highly recommend it!

I rented the movie because I love Gina Gershon. Aside from being a very fine underrated actress she is also an incredibly beautiful woman! The movie did start out slow but the scenery was incredible! By the time the story took hold I was captivated by both leads and in the end the story left me satisfied. It works on every level. It is both informative and romantic. The ending is very sweet too. It is worth spending 2 hours watching it.

The American child psychologist Dr. Lauren Graham (Gina Gershon) from the Michigan University travels to Prague to participate in a seminar with her friend Olivia Walton (Patricia Hodge). Lauren is a widow that lost her four-year old daughter for leukemia and her beloved grandfather helped Lauren and her daughter in the worst moments of her life. When she meets the famous dissident writer Jiri Kolmar (Rade Serbedzija), who will be the next Ministry of Culture of Czechoslovakia, they immediately fall in love with each other. Lauren wants to research the past of her grandfather and Jiri helps her, but they are unsuccessful in their search. Jiri proposes to marry Lauren and brings her to the birthday party of his father. When the old man sees the photo of Lauren's grandfather, he discloses dark secrets from the past to Jiri and Laure, affecting their lives.

"Prague Duet" is a feature film with a great love story but a cold direction. The great actor Rade Serbedzija should have never been cast as the romantic pair of the younger and younger Gina Gershon. The soundtrack is another plus in this good movie that could be better and better. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Muito Além da Paixão" ("Far Beyond the Passion")

I've searched for this movie for months after having see a portion of it on TV....could not find it under the name Prague Duet. My son (an actor)was doing some work on my computer and told me about your site. I asked him to do a search. He did he said, "Have you looked under the title of Lies and Whispers?" I said no....he checked, found it, then located a copy for me ordered it for me on the spot.....I've had it for 3 days..and I've watched it twice...........sometimes a movie just grabs you. It doesn't hurt to have an incredibly good looking man with a beard AND an accent!!!!!!!

Two thumbs up in our household: we enjoyed the story a lot, probably in part because we both know Prague and are familiar with Eastern Europe. This film raises excellent questions and haunts you in a way. I discovered Gina Gershon and was impressed by her charisma. Just wish she could close her mouth sometimes (it remains open in 98% of the film in a distracting manner, as if she was constantly pouting!) but I definitely want to check out her other films.