Debate
Panelstory, or How a Housing Development is Born
Věra Chytilová
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- Language
- Czech
- Year
- 1979
- More information
- Official film page
Screenings
A tragicomic gallery of characters composes this satirical fresco of a hellish housing estate. In this dysfunctional, endless chaos, people try to get on with their lives amongst the rubble and the mud of this new socialist nightmare. After being blacklisted for years, Věra Chytilová returns to her radical style with a film that still resonates in a society of individuals living in crowded isolation.
Giulia Saccogna
Digitisation carried out in UPP and Soundquare by the KVIFF in collaboration with Národní filmový archiv, Prague and the Czech Audiovisual Fund, funded by Milada Kučerová and Eduard Kučera.
Content warningContains racist attitudes and language.A tragicomic gallery of characters composes this satirical fresco of a hellish housing estate. In this dysfunctional, endless chaos, people try to get on with their lives amongst the rubble and the mud of this new socialist nightmare. After being blacklisted for years, Věra Chytilová returns to her radical style with a film that still resonates in a society of individuals living in crowded isolation.
Giulia Saccogna
Digitisation carried out in UPP and Soundquare by the KVIFF in collaboration with Národní filmový archiv, Prague and the Czech Audiovisual Fund, funded by Milada Kučerová and Eduard Kučera.
Content warningContains racist attitudes and language.