It is a psychological story about relations between the secret police (StB) and the dissident movement, set in communist Czechoslovakia in the 1980s.

Walking Too Fast is described as a dark thriller with an unpredictable protagonist who becomes dangerous to all people around including himself.

He beats up a guy who bothers her or prevents her boss from firing her because of her links to the dissidents.

He beats him up during interrogations and reveals his affair to his family and Tomáš finally decides to leave Czechoslovakia.

Klára leaves the apartment but writes a message for Pavel on the Wall - "Svině" (Swine).

Klára goes Home and meets the ambulance that takes her pregnant Friend Darina to the Hospital.

Screenwriter Ondřej Štindl decided to make a similar story that would replace mobsters with agents of Communist State Security.

[10] The film returned to cinemas on 3 March 2011 as a reaction to its success at the Czech Lion Awards.

It won five of them - Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Actor in Leading Role.

[12][13] František Fuka considers it to be the best Czech film in the few last years if not the best since the Velvet revolution.