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A documentary film that perceives a home as a living being. The 16th century house in Prague’s Hradčany quarter that stands right beside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, is one of the few in this locality to be still inhabited by the original tenants. Its owner has decided to sell the house and all the apartment inhabitants, including the director of this film, are to move elsewhere – the house in question is to undergo reconstruction and then serve as upscale hotel-type apartments or as apartments for Euro-commissioners. The documentary Sold conserves the interim period of uncertainty before the expected move, with which each of the tenants comes to terms differently…
SD | 28´ | © 2005
director(s): Lucie Králová
producer(s): Czech Television
scriptwriter(s): Lucie Králová
director of photography: Braňo Pažitka, Martin Řezníček
cast: Helicius Petr, Mandlová Eugenie
rights available: TV, Video, Internet
original language: Czech
other data: Prize: Best Czech documentary film at the International Festival of Documentary Films in Jihlava, 2005