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Build a House, Plant a Tree (1980)
Directed by Juraj Jakubisko
Overview
Juraj Jakubisko’s first feature film after a forced nine-year-long break is a story about an unconventional man, Jozef Matúš. He arrives to a small village in eastern Slovakia to settle down and start a family. He is ready to subordinate everything to his goal. It all starts with stealing building material and ends with him disregarding those close to him to a point where his ambitions are turning against him. Build a House, Plant a Tree is a viewer-friendly film with a plot resembling a western, including several attractive action sequences.
Length 88 minutes
Actors
Pavel Nový | Robert Surina | Jana Brezinová | Ondřej Pavelka | Gustav Opočenský | Zdeněk Dušek | Anton Šulík st. | Mikuláš Simko | Viliam Hodoň | Beata Znakova | Vilma Jamnická | Ján Schwarzbacher | Ivan Drozdy | Katarína Šoltésová | Martin Sanitrár-Ľupták | Milan Šoltés | Ivan Laca | Jozef Vaš | Jozef Gavlák | Magda Gavláková | Mária Krajňáková | Petr Novotný | Pavel Simko | Ladislav Vojtko | Oľga Zelková | Ján Šenšel | Ondrej Sliacky | Štefan Kožka | Božidara Turzonovová | Jozef Vajda | Ladislav Chudík | Stano Dančiak | Elo Romančík | Pavol Mikulík | Ol'ga Vronska | Vlado Černý