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embracing the anarchic energy of Věra Chytilová’s Czech New Wave classic at 60 • Journal • A  Magazine • , Life in canada

Of all the many films making their stateside premiere at the festival, one drew an outsized share of both attention and confusion: Daisies, a riotous satire directed and co-written by Věra Chytilová. Starring Jitka Cerhová and Ivana Karbanová—neither of whom were professional actresses at the time of production—the story follows two young women, both named Marie, who gleefully provoke everyone they encounter across their stuffy hometown, turning their rebellious behavior into performance art. Throughout Daisies’ swift running time, the Maries invade a rigid nightclub, destroy a lavish dinner banquet and humiliate a series of baffled older men. Such vignettes are…

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