Set in a Northern Bohemian factory town in the 1960s, Vladimír Páral's cult novel has been transferred to the screen as a grotesque reflection of human fate. An apartment building serves as the plot's focal point: a workers' room hosting occasional and long-term inhabitants, the factory director's apartment, and men's and women's residence halls. Everyone here longs for love but their desires are appeased through rather vulgar sex. Then a young and gifted engineer named Borek Trojan enters this world and proceeds to live out a passionate love story, while at the same time reaching the peak of his professional carrier. But the feelings of contentment and happiness he expected as a victor are replaced by the nagging doubt that he is actually a loser. Is there an escape from this world?

Cast / Jakub Prachař , Pavel Řezníček , Marek Taclík , Jan Vlasák , Ondřej Vetchý , Kristina Kloubková , Petr Polák , Danica Jurčová , Veronika Žilková , Tereza Duchková , Jiří Langmajer , Zlata Adamovská , Marko Igonda , Zuzana Norisová , Dana Sedláková    Writer / Viktor Polesný , Petr Poledňák    Story / Vladimír Páral    DoP / Josef Špelda    Editor / Lenka Polesná    Sound / Miroslav Hřebejk    Music / Karel Svoboda    Costumes / Ivana Brádková    Set Designer / Karel Vacek

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