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Daisies (1966)

★ 7.3/10 76 min Comedy, Drama Czechoslovakia Czech
Director: Věra Chytilová
Screenplay by: Věra Chytilová, Ester Krumbachová
Story by: Pavel Juráček, Věra Chytilová
Lyricist: Jiří Suchý
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Ups-a daisy… downs-a-daisy… turned-ons-a-daisy.

Description

Two teenage girls embark on a series of destructive pranks in which they consume and destroy the world around them.

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Top Cast

Jitka Cerhová
Jitka Cerhová Marie I
Ivana Karbanová
Ivana Karbanová Marie II
Helena Anýžová
Helena Anýžová Woman in toilet
Julius Albert Elderly Gentleman
Jan Klusák Young Gentleman
Jiřina Myšková
Oldřich Hora
Marcela Březinová
Marcela Březinová Toilet Keeper

Daisies Appears on 15 Curated Movie Lists

Canon Institutions

1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (2024)
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die #557
Academy Museum Of Motion Pictures
Academy Museum of Motion Pictures #279
Criterion Collection
Criterion Collection #1152
Sight and Sound’s Greatest Films of All Time 2022
Sight & Sound #28
UNESCO ‘Memory of the World’
UNESCO #174

Critic Curated

BBC Culture: The 100 Greatest Comedies of All Time
BBC #89
BBC Culture: The 100 Greatest Films Directed by Women
BBC #06
The Telegraph - 100 Greatest Films Of All Time
The Telegraph #13

Curated List

Czechoslovak New Wave
CinemaWaves Blog #04

Filmmaker Curation

Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies
Letterboxd #327

Fun Lists

Under 90 Minutes
Letterboxd #08

Identity Theme

100 Best Movies Directed By Women Indiewire
IndieWire #05
Woman With A Movie Camera
British Film Institute #03

Letterboxd Lists

Showdown Free Radicals
Letterboxd Showdown #06
Showdown Girls Interrupted
Letterboxd Showdown #10

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