Daisies

1966, 76m, 35mm, Czechoslovakia

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Screened January 20–22, 2026

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Two irrepressible Marias (Ivana Karbanová and Jitka Cerhová) tear through the world with manic delight in Daisies, a cinematic provocation of the Czechoslovak New Wave by Věra Chytilová. What begins as mischief erupts into a riot of gluttony, giddy destruction, and antipatriarchal revolt, as the pair treat good manners, good taste, and good behavior as optional.

Subversive at every turn, Daisies indulges the screen with fractured film stocks, kaleidoscopic montages, cartoon cutouts, and Ester Krumbachová’s deliriously surreal costumes. The result is the ultimate girls’ rebellion at its most brazen: a joyous middle finger to authoritarian power in all its forms. See this indelible classic—cinema as rebellion, laughter as weapon—on a stunning 35mm print.

A film by Věra Chytilová