Smearhead

In 1921, young miner Petr lives with his wife Anna at her parents’ house, painfully aware they see him as unworthy of their daughter. He hopes to receive a company house and escape their pressure. After a collapse in an unexplored shaft, a psychedelic experience changes him. At his daughter’s christening, Petr shocks everyone by denouncing the Church, but his subversive words fascinate Johanna, a charismatic spiritualist. Convinced Petr is mad and brings misfortune, the mining company fires him and Anna’s parents secretly baptize their child. Thrown out by Anna’s father, Petr follows Johanna to her villa, where he is welcomed as a mystic. Anna joins him to keep the family together, but as Johanna’s circle grows into a cult, Petr’s grip on reality starts to collapse. When Anna tries to save him, he returns to the mine, where it all began.