SEDMIKRÁSKY
(DAISIES)
One of the highlights of Vera Chytilová’s filmography is the grotesque moral Daisies (1966). The surrealistic narrative about a pair of young women who decide to be as corrupt as the world around them does not arise from concrete socio-political realities. As a result, the biting account of conformity, petty-bourgeois narrow-mindedness, and the limits of light-heartedness has timeless qualities. Daisies marked the beginning of Chytilová’s collaboration with Ester Krumbachová, who contributed to the eccentric costumes and script. The collage-like visual component then gave a lot of space for experimentation to the cinematographer Jaroslav Kucera. It is still an original gem of Czech cinema of the 1960s, which infuriated the communist officials of the time.
Year of production: 1966
Country: Czech Republic
Durée : 76 minutes
Credits
- Vera CHYTILOVA Director
Casting
- Jitka CERHOVÁ Marie I
- Ivana KARBANOVÁ Marie II
Contacts
Production
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NATIONAL FILM ARCHIVE (NFA) / NÁRODNÍ FILMOVÝ ARCHIV
Malešická 12
13000
PRAGUE 3 Czech Republic
T: 420 778 487 851[email protected] www.nfa.cz
French press
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Marion ESCHARD[email protected]
Distribution
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MALAVIDA
T: 33 06 82 63 05 73http://www.malavidafilms.com[email protected]
International sales
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NATIONAL FILM ARCHIVE (NFA) / NÁRODNÍ FILMOVÝ ARCHIV
T: 420 778 487 851www.nfa.cz[email protected]
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