Wrong Side Up

100 minutesCountryCzech RepublicLanguageCzech

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]

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.

• Ivan Trojan as Petr
• Zuzana Šulajová as Jana
• Zuzana Stivínová as Jana (voice)
• Miroslav Krobot as Otec
• Nina Divíšková as Matka
• Karel Heřmánek as Šéf
• Petra Lustigová as Sylvie
• Jiří Bartoška as Jiří
• Zuzana Bydžovská as Alice
• Jana Hubinská as Teta
• Jiří Bábek as Aleš
• Marta Sládečková as Šefova žena
• Jan Lepšík as Kolega
• Matúš Bukovčan as Kolega
• Petr Lafek as Martin
• Peter Dubecký as Číšník
• Ida Sovová as Servírka
• Václav Strasser as Dublinář

• 2005 Czech Lion Awards: Best sound
• 2005 Czech Lion Awards: Best supporting actor, Miroslav Krobot
• 2006, Bronza Rosa Camuna: Best director, Bergamo Film Meeting

• Wrong Side Up at IMDb