The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 23m.
Synopsis
Six Prague residents pursue bizarre rituals. Mr. Peony builds a chicken costume to wear while enacting homicidal fantasies toward neighbor Mrs. Loubalova, who does the same dressed as a dominatrix. Their mail carrier, Mrs. Malkova, inhales tiny balls of bread. Newsstand operator Mr. Kula obsessively watches the broadcasts of news anchor Mrs. Beltinska, whose husband regularly scrubs his body.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
90 audience votes
Key crew
- Jan ŠvankmajerDirector
- Jan ŠvankmajerScreenplay
Cast
- Petr MeisselMr. Pivoine
- Gabriela WilhelmováMrs. Loubalova
- Barbora HrzánováPostmistress
- Anna WetlinskáMrs. Beltinska
- Jiří LábusNewspaper Vendor
- Pavel NovýMr. Beltinski
- Frantisek PolataCast
- Eva VidimskáCast
- Ervín TomendálCast
- Josef ChodoraCast
- Marie ZemanováCast
- Jan DaňhelCast