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The search for the source of mystical knowledge is at the heart of this controversial feature from Czech New Wave veteran Jan Nemec (Diamonds of the Night, A Report on the Party and the Guests). The film combines documentary, archival footage, and fiction into an elliptical narrative in which two young lovers in Prague-an ancient seat for the practice of alchemy-follow the trail for the philosopher's stone. History and future blend as Nemec, through brilliant montage sequences and fanciful leaps of the imagination, posits crucial questions about the legacy of the past and how it influences the individual`s personal freedom and responsibility.

Jan Nemec was blacklisted in 1968, and disallowed to leave Czechoslovakia until 1974. He spent almost two decades abroad before the Velvet Revolution in 1989. Upon returning to his homeland, Nemec made this stunning work of meta-fiction, and dedicated it to his late collaborator, Ester Krumbachova.