Some Secrets

A dark and absurd road-movie comedy in which the grandmother fulfills a dream, the mother stops treating her daughters like kids, the daughters stop treating their husbands like idiots, and the father's ashes get spread all over the country. It's almost six months since he died and his ashes are still in grandma's cupboard. Everyone in the family seems to have grieved enough and each has his or her own new problems. Younger daughter, Zuzana is about to leave her husband Pavel for a slightly more successful painter of abstract pictures. Her sister, Ilona, mischievous little Leon's exhausted and pregnant mother, feels neglected by a husband who seems to enjoy referring to her as head-cheese. Their mother, Milada, feels more and more useless and constantly invades Ilona's household offering help and nearly driving her son-in-law crazy. And grandma silently dreams about returning to her hometown in Slovakia at least once before she dies. Thus it's probably no accident that she refuses to bury the ashes of her beloved son in the tiny Czech town where they all live. She merely keeps repeating that his last wish was to be buried in Slovakia where he was born.

Grosses

Czech Republic
$165,161
Domestic ()
Summary Details
Distributor
Release DateMar 21, 2002
Running Time1 hr 40 min
GenresComedy Drama
In Release286 days/40 weeks
Widest Release15 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Mar 28-3110$12,278-15-$818$46,1732
Apr 4-710$12,369+0.7%14-1$883$65,7693
Apr 11-1411$10,522-14.9%13-1$809$83,9004
Apr 18-2113$8,331-20.8%13-$640$97,0145
Apr 25-2810$6,862-17.6%14+1$490$108,8766
May 2-514$3,277-52.2%12-2$273$116,6077
May 9-1215$3,752+14.5%12-$312$121,8178
May 16-1917$2,418-35.6%8-4$302$127,7899
May 23-2618$2,715+12.3%9+1$301$131,77510
May 30-Jun 2
World Cup (Korea/Japan)
20$1,925-29.1%10+1$192$139,44811
Jun 6-9
World Cup (Korea/Japan)
18$2,655+37.9%10-$265$143,40312
Jun 27-30
World Cup (Korea/Japan)
20$3,022-9-$335$165,16115