Part 5: Chaps. 9-11, pp. 242-266 Summary

Chap. 9- Jaromil nags the redhead in various ways about her brother and her family. She retorts that his mother dared to spy on their lovemaking. Then on a walk with the redhead, Jaromil is shocked to see his mother and the filmmaker walking together. Jaromil finds out at home that the filmmaker approached his mother to make a film about Jaromil. Over the next few days, the film-girl and Maman set up the film, which requires only short appearances by Jaromil.

Jaromil is upset by the closeness between his mother and the film-girl. He thinks that he better wear his sports-underwear that looks nice, but the filmmaker appears to ignore Jaromil. Jaromil has the idea that the filmmaker is doing the film to give him another chance to approach her. Still ignored by the...