Escapes to Go Home

Jaromil Jireš, 1980

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Summary

Director Jaromil Jireš and Jana Brejchová had previously worked together on the adaptation of Vladimír Páral’s novel Mladý muž a bílá velryba (The Young Man and the White Whale, 1978), in which the popular actress brought to life the role of the manipulative Edita. Two years later, Jireš and Brejchová teamed up again for relationship drama Útěky domů (Escapes to Go Home, 1980). The heroine of the story is fashion designer Marie, who, along with her husband Michal, decides to adopt a son. The boy, little Honzík, has no idea that he is adopted – that is, until his ambitious young mother, under work pressure, reveals the truth. Honzík runs away from home, but his radical journey in search of his biological mother serves as something of a curative tonic for the insecure Marie and her husband. This refined film also features Jan Kanyza and the popular child star Tomáš Holý.
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About a film

Production year 1980
Countries Czechoslovakia
Categories film
Genres psychological
Form feature
Duration 84 min
Director Jaromil Jireš
Cast Jana Brejchová, Jan Kanyza, Tomáš Holý, Vlastimil Hašek, Evald Schorm
Director of photography Jaromír Šofr
Screenplay Pavel Fiala, Jaromil Jireš
Editor Josef Valušiak
Production designer Jan Oliva
Music Vadim Petrov
Sound designer Antonín Kravka