Sedmikrasky (1966)

Director:

Vera Chytilová

Writers:

Vera Chytilová (story)
Vera Chytilová (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

30 December 1966 (Czechoslovakia)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Upsa-daisy .. downs-a-daisy ... turned-ons-a-daisy

Plot:

The life of two girls, Marie I and Marie II, who try to understand the meaning of the world and of their life.

Plot Keywords:

Slapstick | Surrealism | Surreal | Banquet | Scissors

Cast

Ivana Karbanová	...	Marie II
Jitka Cerhová	...	Marie i
Marie Cesková
Jirina Myskova
Marcela Brezinova
Julius Albert	...	Man About Town
Dr. Oldrich Hora
Jan Klusák
Josef Konícek
Jaromír Vomácka
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
V. Mysková

Also Known As:

Daisies (USA)

Runtime:

74 min | Argentina:79 min

Country:

Czechoslovakia

Language:

Czech

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:S | Argentina:Atp

Company:

Filmové Studio Barrandov

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Fejezetek a film történetéböl: A cseh új hullám (#1.16)" (1990)

fun, strange, and one-of-a-kind

I know that "Daisies" had some political implications when it was made, and that there was trouble getting it past the "censors" or the Communist Party when it was made, because of the waste of food and some of the other ideas, but if you can set all that aside and watch, it's still an interesting film for many reasons. Imagine that the two girls in the film are sort of "Thelma and Louise" meet "Laverne and Shirley" with a dash of the two bored little girls in "World of Henry Orient" and you might have these two. These two women are bored, bored, bored, and they come up with all kinds of strange diversions with which to amuse themselves. One picks up on older men and manages to get free meals, which the other one shows up for. They are always doing strange things at their apartment, like creating a sort of tropical paradise, with lots of green leaves and the heat turned up, or setting crepe paper on fire to create a sort of festive atmosphere. They go out into the world to nice restaurants and get drunk and thrown out, etc. The final segment involves them wandering into a lavish banquet room & first gorging themselves and then trashing the place, and there's a rather odd ending too after they decide to clean everything up again. And why are they doing all this? Well, they've decided that the world has gone bad, so they are going to go bad too. This is a very odd film and has some pretty funny moments, and one of the girls laughs sort of like Woody Woodpecker, too, so that's a big plus. Am I missing the point of this? Well, maybe, but this is only my take on this, and if you think otherwise just watch this and see what you think. It's well worth it. 8 out of 10.