The read
It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
In her first feature, Věra Chytilová uses a combination of documentary and fiction film techniques to tell two stories in counterpoint. The first follows Olympic champion gymnast Eva Bosáková, who contemplates retirement as she undergoes a gruelling training schedule; the second, a housewife who is unappreciated and ignored by her husband.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
30 audience votes
Key crew
- Věra ChytilováScreenplay
- Věra ChytilováDirector
- Jiří ŠlitrOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Věra UzelacováVěra
- Josef LangmilerJosef
- Jiří KodetJirka
- Milivoj UzelacMilda
- Jaroslava MatlochováTrainer
- Luboš OgounTrainer
- Vladimír BosákEva's Husband
- Eva BosákováEva
- Dagmar CejnkováDada
- Jiří CejnekDada's Husband
- Oldřich ČervinkaJournalist
- Rudolf KyznarPianist (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
woman directorczech new wave