Kammala wannan jumla: 'Yar Czech mai suna Irena ta zauna a Faransa tun lokacin da ta tsere daga Czechoslovakia bayan juyin juya halin 1968
mamayewar Warsaw Pact. A shekara ta 1989, lokacin da Juyin Juya Halin Velvet ya kifar da Jam'iyyar Kwaminis ta Czechoslovakia, Irena ta yanke shawarar komawa gidanta bayan shekaru ashirin na rayuwa a matsayin baƙo mai gudun hijira. A lokacin tafiyar ta haɗu, ba zato ba tsammani, Josef, wani ɗan'uwan da ya yi hijira wanda ya kasance ɗan gajeren lokaci a Prague.