Wrong Side Up (Czech: Příběhy obyčejného šílenství) is a 2005 Czech comedy-drama film written and directed by Petr Zelenka. It is an adaptation of Zelenka's play Tales of Common Insanity. It is a tale of people showing their internal loneliness by their choices in life. It was entered into the 27th Moscow International Film Festival.[1]

Wrong Side Up
Directed byPetr Zelenka
Written byPetr Zelenka
StarringIvan Trojan
Zuzana Šulajová
Miroslav Krobot
Nina Divíšková
Jiří Bartoška
Release date
  • 24 February 2005 (2005-02-24)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryCzech Republic
LanguageCzech

Plot

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A former aircrew member (Petr) is no longer flying, but works in an aviation-related dead-end job, loading boxes at an air-cargo company. He spends his working hours dreaming of re-winning the hand of his former fiancée (Jana), who has moved on to another man whose prospects seem better. He spends his off hours surreptitiously observing a female neighbor.

His parents also face personal problems: his mother has involved herself in causes promoting world peace but ignores her collapsing family; his father is fighting a midlife crisis by trying to pursue an extramarital affair with a colleague.

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Awards

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References

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  1. ^ "27th Moscow International Film Festival (2005)". MIFF. Retrieved 2013-04-14.
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