A Quiet Week in the House (1969): Cast & Plot

A man, Václav Borovička, slips into an old, decaying, abandoned house that sits alone in a lonely countryside, beginning an unspecified mission to infiltrate its quiet interiors without drawing attention. Over six days he remains hidden inside, watching from the shadows as the house’s living, antiquated objects come to life in unsettling, almost ritualistic ways.

• Monday: A box full of candies reveals themselves to be rusty nails and screws, which slither and settle onto the keys of a typewriter, tapping out a metallic rhythm that echoes through the room.

• Tuesday: A cow tongue licks a drawer full of dishes clean, then crawls into a meat grinder, where it is transformed into tiny scrolls that vanish into the machinery.