Daisies - English subtitled
One of the most remarkable films of the subversive 1960s, Vera Chytilová’s absurdist farce follows the misadventures of two brash young women. Digitally restored Czech classic.
A satirical, wild and irreverent story of rebellion, Vera Chytilová’s classic of surrealist cinema is also the most adventurous and anarchic Czech movie of the 1960s. Two young women, both named Marie, revolt against a degenerate, decayed and oppressive society, attacking symbols of wealth and bourgeois culture. Believing the world to be ‘spoiled’, they embark on a series of pranks in which nothing – food, clothes, men, war – is taken seriously.
Defiant feminist statement? Nihilistic, avant-garde comedy? DAISIES remains a cinematic enigma and its influence is still felt today.