Intermezzo

A time of longing, despair and unexpected possibilities begins for both brothers

Apart from being brothers, Peter and Ivan Koubek don't have much in common. Peter is in his thirties and works as a lawyer in Dublin. He is successful, capable, and seems like someone who is never fazed by anything. After his father's death, however, he can't sleep without pills, and his relationships with two very different women are getting on top of him – his first love, Sylvia, for whom he still has feelings, and a university student, Naomi, who finds the whole world laughable. Ivan is a 22-year-old competitive chess player. He has always felt like a socially awkward loner, not at all like his nonchalant older brother. Shortly after losing his father, Ivan meets Margaret, a woman several years his senior with her own troubled past, and they quickly begin an intense relationship. A new interlude begins for the two grieving brothers and their loves. A time of longing, despair, and unexpected possibilities, during which they get a chance to find out just how much their lives can bear without completely falling apart.