CommentsXp Best movie ever!

Merolliv I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

jotix100 An international conference being held in Prague invites Lauren Graham, an American child psychiatrist, to participate. She is a woman of a certain age, a scholar about the effects of what war does to children, with a no-nonsense attitude. She is surprised when a Czech writer, Jiri Kolmar, gets interested in showing her around the city. Passing an old Jewish cemetery, Lauren mentions in passing she might have relatives buried there. Jiri, who is Jewish, becomes intrigued by the fact her Jewish grandfather, Emil Kuvan, born in Czechoslovakia, and emigrated to America might have relatives who died in the concentration camps. Offering to take Lauren to the national registry she is told the only Emil Kuvan in the records was a child who died in one of the camps.Jiri, who feels attracted to Lauren, is a divorced man being considered to a high position in the culture ministry. One day, while visiting Jiri's grandfather, Lauren notices Jiri's son with a greyhound that is the family's dog. She pulls a picture of her late grandfather to show him with his own greyhound, and the old man recoils in horror. The man in the picture he recognizes as a Nazi criminal, responsible for the death of Jews. Lauren is appalled as well. Being a public figure Lauren's finding is leaked to the press by opponents of Jiri's to assume the position he was offered. Lauren decides to go home to deal with what she learned in Prague.This is a romantic film with a twist. Directed by Robert Simon, who co-wrote the screenplay with Sheryl Longin, it presents a plausible story in which two people who meet and fall in love, then find a horrible truth neither had dreamed it could come between them. The atrocities of a bygone era will always stay with the ones that suffered the most, in this case, Jiri's father who saw his family destroyed by the Nazi regime. The film ends in a positive note as Lauren appears she got over the awful truth she learned.Gina Gershon makes a wonderful Lauren. Ms. Gershon deserves better roles than what she has been getting lately. She is a good presence in any film she graces. Same can be said about the male lead Rade Zerbedzija, who is a welcome presence on the screen. The film was shot in dark tones as befitting the winter in Prague, caught for the camera by Ivan Slapeta. Boris Zelkin is the composer of the score which works well with the narrative.

rayleenmyers 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!!!!!!!

guox0032 My god this movie is awfully boring. I am a big fan of Gina Gershon, when I rented this movie I expected a romantic drama, and some great performance from Gershon. Gershon is great as always, but she is not right actress for this role, she is too good for Rade Serbedzija. The romance between Gershon and Serbedzija's characters is too unconvincing. And I absolutely hated Serbedzija's character (a wonman organizer), he is not charming in anyway in the movie. How did Dr. Lauren Graham (Gershon) is beyond my comprehension. Maybe Sean Connery, Robert DeNiro or Harrison Ford would have done a better job on this role, but they don't have the European-ish looking I guess. Any way, I was so bored druing the movie. If you are looking for a good Gina Gershon movie, check out Bound, her best film so far. If you are looking for a romantic film about a younger woman and an older man, try some Harrison Ford or Sean Connery movies. Gina Gershon is so underrated, and she deserves better chance than this, I wish her to make better choice in the future.

nz man I've been to Prague and loved it (the most beautiful city in Europe). I also thrive on seeing a good romance movie. And the two main actors at least looked great.But my wife fell asleep and I stopped the movie after 20 minutes or so.Disappointing, but since there are some positive comments on this page, you might want to try it yourself - then come back here and tell us what you think, OK?