On the Roof

Feb 7, 2019

★ 6.2

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

Dawson Productions

Česká televize

RTVS

Barrandov Studio

Hitchhiker Cinema

innogy Česká republika

On the Roof Trailers

Cast

Song

Lukáš Duy Anh Tran

Professor Rypar

Alois Švehlík

Anička

Mária Havranová

Vojtěch Dyk

Adrian Jastraban

David Švehlík

Radek Zima

Miroslav Táborský

Martin Sitta

Phong

Viet Do Pham

Hoan

Phu Anh Nguyen

Denisa Pfauserová

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