 Richard, her mother's husband is unwittingly cruel, like an obnoxious and malicious child.He is played like one of Steve Martins "wild and crazy guys" but more repulsively.Evžen, who becomes Marcela's benefactor/meal ticket, is a man of sophisticated tastes and fortunate parentage, a Czech who has inherited vineyards in Tuscany, to which home he takes Marcela and her two children.