
Daisies
- Directed by
- Věra Chytilová
- Starring
- Jitka Cerhová, Ivana Karbanová
- Duration
- 74 min.
- Year
- 1966
This month, the Cinéclub focused on the theme of color. The second of their colors was yellow, which led to the choice of DAISIES.
Věra Chytilová’s classic of surrealist cinema is 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. A riotous, punk-poem of a film that is both hilarious and mind-warpingly innovative, it has influenced generations of filmmakers.
Defiant feminist statement? Nihilistic, avant-garde comedy? Daisies remains a fascinating cinematic rollercoaster. Remarkable and refreshingly uncompromising, it continues to provoke, stimulate and entertain.

