Daisies
Director: Věra Chytilová Run Time: 76 min. Format: 35mm Film Release Year: 1966 Language: Czech with English subtitles
Starring: Ivana Karbanová, Jitka Cerhová
Screening on 35mm!
Maybe the New Wave’s most anarchic entry, Věra Chytilová’s absurdist farce follows the misadventures of two brash young women. Believing the world to be ‘spoiled,’ they embark on a series of pranks in which nothing—food, clothes, men, war—is taken seriously. – Janus Films
Screenplay and costumes by Ester Krumbachová.
“As subversive as it is hilarious.” – Kate Muir, Times (UK)
“One of the great outpourings of cinematic invention in an age of over-all artistic liberation.” – Richard Brody, New Yorker
This program is funded in part by The Brattle’s 35mm Film Fund. Donations to this fund maintain our film projection equipment, train future projectionists, and ensure that The Brattle will be able to continue 35mm screenings well into the future.