Build a House, Plant a Tree (1980)
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.
- Released
- 1980-01-04
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Juraj Jakubisko, Mikuláš Kováč, Lýdia Ragačová
- TMDB rating
- 5.3/10 from 10 votes
Cast
- Pavel Nový as Jozef Matúš
- Róbert Šurina as Ivan Šimiak
- Jana Březinová as Helena Šimiaková
- Ondřej Pavelka as Žiga
- Gustav Opočenský as Emil Šimiak
- Zdeněk Dušek as Ryšavý
- Anton Šulík st. as Samo
- Mikuláš Simko as Babiak
- Viliam Hodoň as Major
- Beata Znaková as Mária
- Vilma Jamnická as Grandma Haňa
- Ján Schwarzbacher as Deputy Dzuriak