Build a House, Plant a Tree (1980)
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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.
- Date of release
- 1980-01-04
- TMDB
- 5.3 / 10 (10)
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Juraj Jakubisko
Casting
- Pavel Nový — Jozef Matúš
- Róbert Šurina — Ivan Šimiak
- Jana Březinová — Helena Šimiaková
- Ondřej Pavelka — Žiga
- Gustav Opočenský — Emil Šimiak
- Zdeněk Dušek — Ryšavý
- Anton Šulík st. — Samo
- Mikuláš Simko — Babiak
- Viliam Hodoň — Major
- Beata Znaková — Mária
- Vilma Jamnická — Grandma Haňa
- Ján Schwarzbacher — Deputy Dzuriak
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