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FRUIT OF PARADISE

Ovoce stromů rajských jíme

Directed by Věra Chytilová
Czechoslovakia, 1970
Avant-Garde, Drama
  • 9595 minutes

Synopsis

Věra Chytilová, a key member of the Czech New Wave, directs a surrealistic fable based on the Adam and Eve story. A modern couple vacationing at a spa eats forbidden fruit, sending the wife on an obsessive search for a dangerous killer.

Synopsis

Věra Chytilová, a key member of the Czech New Wave, directs a surrealistic fable based on the Adam and Eve story. A modern couple vacationing at a spa eats forbidden fruit, sending the wife on an obsessive search for a dangerous killer.