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Half a House Without a Groom

1981 · 80 min

Watch this as a light, satirical look at the pressures of domestic life and societal expectations.

Directed by
Hynek Bočan
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Vladimír Menšík, Blažena Holišová, Veronika Freimanová
Overview
The Francs with their daughters Olina and Jirina are building a villa in the village of Rezkovice. Father Franc (Vladimír Mensík) doesn't allow himself a minute's respire and restlessly forces to work his wife, both daughters and Zdenek, Jirina's suitor. Zdenek does not protest against it and, in addition, he is skillful. On the contrary, Olina's boyfriend Libor is worse at work. He studies at the Technical College and he does not succeed much in grasping the building handicraft. Franc, proud of his pursuits, decides that he will arrange the wedding for both daughters and then hand them over the key of the villa in which both pairs have luxuriously furnished flats.

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Directed by
Hynek Bočan
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Vladimír Menšík, Blažena Holišová, Veronika Freimanová
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • family
  • class
Places
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism6
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Hynek Bočan
Written by
Hynek Bočan, Antonín Přidal
Starring
Vladimír Menšík, Blažena Holišová, Veronika Freimanová, Václav Vydra, Marta Malá, Ivan Vyskočil, Dana Medřická, Květa Fialová
Music
Ladislav Štaidl
Cinematography
František Uldrich
Runtime
80 min
Country
Czechoslovakia
Languages
Czech

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