In this key film from the Czech New Wave, two uninhibited young women (bothnamed Marie) turn against the numbing state of society in a madcap flurry ofpranks and material destruction. Beneath the outrageous surface of thisavant-garde comedy is a defiant feminist statement and an acknowledgement of the desperation that goes hand-in-hand with rebellion--a state of mind represented by one girl's attempted suicide. The film so unsettled Czech government officials (and a great many other men) that its release was held upfor a year. ...the most adventurous and anarchic Czech movie of the 1960s" (The Faber Companion to Foreign Films). In Czech with English subtitles. Vera Chytilova---Czechoslovakia---1966---74 mins."Directed by: Chytilova, VeraRunning time: 74Year: 1966Czech with English Subtitles
