Directed by:
Věra ChytilováCinematography:
Jaromír ŠofrComposer:
Jiří ŠustCast:
Antonín Vaňha, Lukáš Bech, Eva Kačírková, Jiří Kodet, Alena Rýcová, Michal Nesvadba, Oldřich Navrátil, Miluše Šplechtová, Bronislav Poloczek (more)Plots(1)
A new housing estate is being built on the edge of Prague. Although the building work has not yet been finished, people are already moving into the flats. Provisional roads made from pieces of boarding snake their way through the blocks of concrete, droning construction vehicles and sludge pits, the residents balancing on them when doing their errands. Day-to-day life begins after a fashion anyway though, albeit in a makeshift way. In the middle of this confusion, a taxi driver is looking for directions but no-one seems to know the street he's looking for. Grandfather Honda is sitting in the back of the taxi and wants to visit his children and grandchildren in the new district. The old man is from a small village and finds it difficult to take in everything he finds here. His path is constantly crossed by a little boy, Pepik, who seems to thrive on the whole chaos. He actually enjoys getting involved in complicated situations and then making them even more complicated. Pepik and Grandpa Honda represent two opposing poles in the tangle of interpersonal relations that unfold before the backdrop of the half-finished construction site. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Jana Břežková
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Láska jako trám (1967) (TV movie)
Dámský krejčí (2012) (theatrical recording)
Václav Helšus
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
The Cow (1993)
45 let Ypsilonky (2011) (theatrical recording)
Ladislav Krečmer
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
The Ear (1970)
Věra Uzelacová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Kolya (1996)
Swingtime (2007) (TV movie)
Nobody Gets the Last Laugh (1965)
Helena Lehká-Rejšková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Kam doskáče ranní ptáče (1987)
Story from a Housing Estate (1979)
Horror Story (1993)
Emma Černá
Czechoslovakia
Hana Hejduková
Best movies:
Story from a Housing Estate (1979)
Miloslav Homola
Czechoslovakia
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Give the Devil His Due (1984)
An Uncertain Season (1987)
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Helena Pokorná
Best movies:
Story from a Housing Estate (1979)
Píseň o stromu a růži (1978)
Renata Denemarková
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Story from a Housing Estate (1979)
Jarmila Derková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Holiday for a Dog (1980)
Story from a Housing Estate (1979)
Měsíční tónina (1981) (TV movie)
Rudolf Gröger
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Story from a Housing Estate (1979)
Boris Hybner
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Cosy Dens (1999)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Dissolved and Effused (1984)
Jaroslav Kolísek
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Go Back to Your Grave! (1989)
A Hoof Here, a Hoof There (1988)
Story from a Housing Estate (1979)
Jiří Koutný
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1970)
The White Lady (1965)
Na tý louce zelený (1972) (theatrical recording)
Štěpán Kučera
Czechoslovakia
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Calamity (1980)
A Hoof Here, a Hoof There (1988)
The Apple Game (1976)
Zdeněk Matouš
Czechoslovakia
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Granny (1971) (TV movie)
Story from a Housing Estate (1979)
Bohuslav Navara
Best movies:
Story from a Housing Estate (1979)
Karel Novák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Calamity (1980)
Day for My Love (1976)
Jana Páleníčková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Story from a Housing Estate (1979)
The Watermill Princess (1994)
Pohlaď kočce uši (1985)