On the Roof (2019)

Situated in Prague, a 20-year-old Vietnamese named Song, hoped for a better future in Europe. But now in a Vietnamese district in Prague, he is trapped in a marijuana grow house and has life of a modern slave. Police rounds up the place. Song runs away on the rooftop of a condo building in a nearby district where he breaks down. Mr. Rypar (78) lives alone. He is fond of the old times, living in a strong opposition to modern world. Rypar goes up on the roof and meets Song standing on the very edge of the roof crying and the story begins.

Released Feb. 7, 2019 97 min 15+

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Keywords: tmdb.teacher, imdb.written-by-director, imdb.vietnamese-abroad, imdb.vietnamese-in-europe, imdb.vietnamese-in-czech-republic, imdb.central-europe, imdb.old-man, mdblist.has-trailer

Production Companies: Dawson Productions, Česká televize, RTVS, Barrandov Studio, Hitchhiker Cinema innogy Česká republika

Country: Czech Republic
Production Countries: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Languages: Czech