Dom (2011)
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Cast
Miroslav Krobot, Taťjana Medvecká, Judit Bárdos, Ester Geislerová
A father builds homes for his daughters to keep them from leaving, but his younger daughter is determined to pursue a future in London.
The story
Imrich builds a house in his garden for each of his daughters so they will not leave him. His elder daughter, Jana, defied him, and he cast her out of his life and cut off contact. Now his younger daughter, Eva, is in her final year of high school and also resists her father’s wishes. She writes assignments for classmates for pay, then uses the money to take on odd jobs after school. Eva hopes to earn enough to work and stay in London as an au pair, while tensions between her and her father rise.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The film’s plot centers on a father who builds a house in his garden for each of his two daughters so they will not leave him. It depicts a generational conflict. Imrich, the father, builds a house for his younger daughter on the plot of land where he had already built a previous home for his elder daughter, Jana, who defied him. In response, he cast her out of his life and cut off all contact with her. But Eva does not want to give in to her father’s wishes either. She is in her final year of high school, writing assignments for her classmates and using the money they pay her to take on odd jobs after school. She wants to earn money so she can work and stay in London as an au pair. Tensions between Eva and her father rise. After various agreements with the family, their relationship improves slightly. Just as things are going well, Eva meets a new man, Jakub (Marián Mitaš), an older, married man...
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