Sold

Colour, DIGIBETA
Czech Republic, 2005, 30 min
Section: Documentary Films in Competition

Synopsis

Prague, Hradčany. A house dating from the 16th century, which adjoins the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is one of the few in this location occupied by the original tenants. Its owner, however, has decided to sell the house, and all its occupants, including the film’s director, will be moved out. This talented director, whose films have won a series of awards, has come up with a playfully stylised film; displaying a keen sensitivity she presents the house and its tenants as one “body”.

About the director

Lucie Králová (b. 1978) studied at the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, and is now completing a course in documentary filmmaking at Prague’s FAMU. Her films The Ill-Fated Child (2003, co.-dir. Miloslav Novák) and Sold (2005) won Best Czech Documentary Film at the IFDF in Jihlava. Select filmography: Ordinary Tony Dvořák and the Others (2001), The Superdwarf – ÜBERZWERG (2003), Aqua fosilot medica (2004), Children from Hartmanice (2004).