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
Antonín Vaňha
Best movies:
Story from a Housing Estate (1979)
Lukáš Bech
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Methanol (2018) (TV movie)
Rédl (2018) (series)
Eva Kačírková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Very Late Afternoon of a Faun (1983)
The Apple Game (1976)
Story from a Housing Estate (1979)
Jiří Kodet
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cosy Dens (1999)
Higher Principle (1960)
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Alena Rýcová
Best movies:
Story from a Housing Estate (1979)
Michal Nesvadba
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Story from a Housing Estate (1979)
Crown Prince (2015) (TV movie)
Prodavač humoru (1984)
Oldřich Navrátil
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Dívčí válka (1991) (theatrical recording)
All My Loved Ones (1999)
Miluše Šplechtová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sluha dvou pánů (2000) (theatrical recording)
Muž v pozadí (1995) (series)
Merlin aneb Pustá zem (1988) (theatrical recording)
Bronislav Poloczek
Poland
Best movies:
How to Get Dad Into Reform School (1978) (TV movie)
Hotovo, konec! (2003) (theatrical recording)
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Dagmar Slivinská
Best movies:
Story from a Housing Estate (1979)
Daniela Šrajerová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Case for a Rookie Hangman (1969)
A Hoof Here, a Hoof There (1988)
Story from a Housing Estate (1979)
Oldřich Vlach
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Periferie (2017) (theatrical recording)
The Elementary School (1991)
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Štěpánka Chytilová
Best movies:
Story from a Housing Estate (1979)
Antonio M'Thini
Best movies:
Story from a Housing Estate (1979)
Ladislav Potměšil
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Alexandr Dumas starší (1970) (series)
Brouk v hlavě (2002) (TV movie)
Klára Jerneková
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Case for a Rookie Hangman (1969)
Vyloženě rodinná historie (1969) (TV movie)
Milan Klásek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cyrano z Bergeracu (1986) (theatrical recording)
Král Krysa (1979) (theatrical recording)
Dům na nebesích (1984) (theatrical recording)
Vladimír Hrabánek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Semafor - Největší hity (2005) (video compilation)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Zuzana Schmidová
Slovak state
Best movies:
Love Between the Raindrops (1979)
Švédská zápalka (1982) (TV movie)
Calamity (1980)
Petr Kratochvíl
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Love Between the Raindrops (1979)
Calamity (1980)
Day for My Love (1976)