Ovoce stromů rajských jíme (Fruit of Paradise) Ages 15+

When

6.00pm, Fri 27 Jul 2018 (99 mins)

Where

Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A

About

The most experimental film of the Czechoslovak New Wave had Véra Chytilová again collaborating with her Daisies cohort of cinematographer Jaroslav Kučera, screenwriter and costume designer Ester Krumbachová, and editor Miroslav Hájek, in addition to the Studio Ypsilon theatre troupe. In this gnomic and wildly psychedelic farewell to the Summer of Love-like ambience and freedoms of the Prague Spring, Edenic mythology feeds into an absurdist, richly symbolic, relationship-cum-serial-killer drama, accompanied throughout by a rapturous Zdeněk Liška score.

Ages 15+

Production Credits

  • Director: Véra Chytilová
  • Script: Véra Chytilová, Ester Krumbachová
  • Cinematographer: Jaroslav Kucera
  • Editor: Miroslav Hájek
  • Print Source / Rights: National Film Archive in Prague
  • Year: 1970
  • Runtime: 96 minutes
  • Country: Czechoslovakia
  • Language: Czech
  • Subtitles: English
  • Colour: Colour
  • Shooting Format: 35mm
  • Screening Format: DCP