Regie:
Věra ChytilováCamera:
Jaroslav KučeraMuziek:
Zdeněk LiškaActeurs:
Jitka Nováková, Karel Novák, Jan Schmid, Eva Gabrielová, Julius Albert, Blanka Hušková, Luděk Sobota, Jaromír Vomáčka, Alice Auspergerová, Josef Somr (meer)Samenvattingen(1)
An experimental, densely symbolic retelling of Adam and Eve, Fruit of Paradise opens before "the Fall," as Josef and Eva wander nude through an Eden depicted through superimposing images of red, brown, and yellow leaves and flora over the two in a park. A choir chants the opening passages of Genesis over baroque music. The switch to the fallen world is marked by the choir chanting, "Tell me the truth," with increasing intensity. A new, clothed Josef and Eva (now played by Karel Novak and Jitka Novákova) lie on a park bench. The film focuses on Eva from this point on, as she explores her new surroundings, which resemble a kind of spa resort filled with wasteful, complacent idiots, and becomes obsessed with a red-suited serial killer named Robert (Jan Schmid). This new world of "truth" and opened eyes is seen using an alternatingly sensual and barren color palette. When Eva discovers Robert's identity, she feels removed from her previous self, alienated from Josef (now a philanderer), and desperate to return to her innocent state. But this is impossible. When Eva tries climbing back over the wall to Eden, once again repeating, "Tell me the truth," she can no longer communicate with Josef. She pushes a red flower she has offered to him toward the camera lens. (officiële tekst van distribiteur)
(meer)Acteurs
Jitka Nováková
Tsjechoslowakije
Beste films:
Karel Novák
Tsjechoslowakije
Beste films:
Jáchyme, hoď ho do stroje! (1974)
Kalamita (1980)
Den pro mou lásku (1976)
Jan Schmid
Tsjechoslowakije
Beste films:
45 let Ypsilonky (2011) (toneelregistratie)
De kosten gaat voor het celibaat uit... (1968)
Requiem pro panenku (1991)
Eva Gabrielová
Beste films:
Julius Albert
Beste films:
Sedmikrásky (1966)
Panenství a kriminál (1969)
Nous mangeons les fruits des arbres du paradis (1969)
Blanka Hušková
Beste films:
Luděk Sobota
Protectoraat van Bohemen en Moravië
Beste films:
Jak dostat tatínka do polepšovny (1978) (Tv-film)
Jáchyme, hoď ho do stroje! (1974)
45 let Ypsilonky (2011) (toneelregistratie)
Jaromír Vomáčka
Tsjechoslowakije
Beste films:
Sedmikrásky (1966)
Nous mangeons les fruits des arbres du paradis (1969)
Alice Auspergerová
Beste films:
Ucho (1970)
Valerie a týden divů (1970)
Nous mangeons les fruits des arbres du paradis (1969)
Josef Somr
Tsjechoslowakije
Beste films:
Hamlet (1986) (toneelregistratie)
Naši furianti (1983) (toneelregistratie)
Tažní ptáci (1983) (Tv-film)
Jan Klusák
Tsjechoslowakije
Beste films:
O slavnosti a hostech (1966)
Sedmikrásky (1966)
Valerie a týden divů (1970)
Tomáš Škrdlant
Protectoraat van Bohemen en Moravië
Beste films:
The Joke (1968)
Nous mangeons les fruits des arbres du paradis (1969)