Character Relationship Map: Broken Voices

Characters

• Vít Mácha (played by Juraj Loj) — supporting

  Vít Mácha is the strict and demanding choirmaster who leads the prestigious girls' choir joined by Valerie. His guidance strongly influences her development as a singer and begins to shape her aspirat...

• Lucie (15) (played by Maya Kintera) — supporting

  Lucie is Valerie's fifteen-year-old sister, whose connection to the prestigious girls' choir provides Valerie with a path into that demanding musical environment. By joining her sister there, Valerie...

• Matka Valerie a Lucie (played by Zuzana Šulajová) — supporting

  She is Valerie and Lucie's mother and accompanies a young girl to an audition at the start of the film. When the evaluator turns the girl away, the mother insists that she can sing at home, showing he...

• Otec Valerie a Lucie (played by Marek Cisovský) — supporting
• Simona (played by Laura Šťastná) — supporting

  Simona is a singer in the girls' choir led by Vít Mácha. When she has not learned her part, Mácha reprimands her and threatens to remove her from the group. Her experience reflects the pressure placed...

• Andula (15) (played by Markéta Kühnová) — supporting

  Andula is a singer in the choir and is due to take the opening part at camp. Mácha instead asks Lucie to sing that part in her place, making Andula's role in the rehearsal a point of comparison as Luc...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Lucie (15) → Otec Valerie a Lucie (Family Daughter And Father) — They are identified as father and daughter; the supplied plot does not describe a specific interaction between them.

  The character profile identifies Otec Valerie a Lucie as Lucie's father.

• Lucie (15) → Matka Valerie a Lucie (Family Daughter And Mother) — They are identified as mother and daughter; the plot also establishes tension at home after Lucie breaks curfew, without specifying the mother's role in that confrontation.

  The character profile identifies Matka Valerie a Lucie as Lucie's mother. The plot says Lucie returns late from a gathering and faces an angry confron...

• Vít Mácha → Andula (15) (Professional Choirmaster And Singer) — Mácha changes the assigned opening part, placing Lucie in Andula's position for that passage.

  During camp, Mácha asks Lucie to take the opening part in place of Andula.

• Vít Mácha → Simona (Professional Choirmaster And Singer) — Mácha enforces strict rehearsal standards and directly threatens Simona's place in the choir.

  Mácha reprimands Simona for not learning her part and threatens to remove her from the group.

• Vít Mácha → Lucie (15) (Professional Choirmaster And Singer) — Mácha's demanding direction places Lucie under pressure, while his decision to select her for the tour gives her an important opportunity.

  Mácha directs the choir, tests the girls' voices, and asks Lucie to take the opening part in place of Andula. He later tells Lucie that he has chosen...

Story Analysis

A girls' choir faces demanding rehearsals and a competitive tour selection, while Lucie earns a chance to travel with the group.

Plot Progression

1. A Place in the Choir — The story introduces the difficulty of being accepted for one's voice, then follows Mácha's demanding rehearsals. Simona is reprimanded while the girls share stories and gossip.
2. The Cost of Selection — Lucie's late return brings an angry confrontation at home. Mácha announces that only twenty singers can tour, and the selection process raises anxiety among the choir.
3. A Test at Camp — At camp, the girls balance shared singing and joking with demanding preparations. Mácha asks Lucie to take the opening part in place of Andula.
4. The Tour Opens — After the choir returns early, Mácha visits Lucie and the sick girl and explains the demands of touring. He reveals that both have been chosen, and the story ends with the girls settling into their ho...