Tales of the Lesser Quarter 130 Later

The featurelength feature documentary combined with animation is inspired by the famous collection of short stories by the Czech writer and poet Jan Neruda July 9 1834 August 22 1891 She returns to the Lesser Town of Prague to confront her current state with the spirit of the place in a collage of speeches and often tragicomic scenes which is stored deep in the Czech subconscious thanks to school reading Thanks to this the film is not just about memory but grows into an image of social changes inscribed in old houses Samples from the films were used A Week in a Quiet House dir Jiří Krejčík 1947 The Morality of Mrs Dulská dir Jiří Krejčík 1958 A Story of Love and Honor dir Otakar Vávra 1977