한창 공사가 진행 중인 프라하의 공동 주택 단지. 입주를 원하는 사람들은 기대에 찬 표정으로 이곳을 찾고, 원래 이곳에 살던 사람들은 무관심하게 이들의 방문을 지켜본다. 이 영화의 또다른 주인공은 도시의 거칠고 삭막한 풍경이다. 아무것도 없는 폐허 위에 우뚝 솟은 아파트 단지들은 초현실적인 느낌마저 선사한다. 감독은 과감한 촬영 및 편집으로 더욱 독특한 분위기를 만들어낸다.
Sarcastic comedy about the Czechoslovakia of the seventies. A young gynaecologist can't figure out whether to get serious with a young nurse or to stay casual with his married lover. Things get complicated when both women don't want to play his game anymore.
The sore and tender hearts of a young couple with a toddler are explored in this drama. The little girl, four years old, is not aware that she is doing anything distressing while she ambles about the house on the day after a post-examination celebration by her father, a university student. Even though hung over, he tries hard to be patient with her. The beginning of the story follows her on her little adventures. The girl comes down with a fever, which kills her before anything can be done, and the student and his photographer wife mourn and comfort one another. Little encounters with children cause the mother pain she is seldom free of, until she gives birth to their next child, a son.
This is funny or rather crazy adaptation of classical opera Carmen inspired by famous czech theatre Ypsilon play of the same name shot at various bizarre locations such as airport, botanical garden and winter forest.
