Two girls try to understand the meaning of the world and their life.
Director: Vera Chytilová
Writers: Vera Chytilová (story), Vera Chytilová (screenplay).
Stars: Ivana Karbanová, Jitka Cerhová, Marie Cesková.
Plot
The opening sequence is that of a spinning flywheel with shots of airplanes strafing the ground. The shots of the airplanes are from US Navy footage shot in the Pacific Theatre during World War II. The first scene shows the two main characters sitting in bathing suits. Their conversation is robotic and from that point on they decide to be bad. The next scene shows Marie I and Marie II dancing in front of a tree. The tree has many fruits and resembles the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Once Marie I eats from the tree, they both fall and appear in their apartment. There is significant action here, with Marie I looking through the window at a parade and Marie II eating. The next few scenes are all similar. They show the two girls on a date with an older man, a "sugar daddy". Marie II eats voraciously and Marie I eventually starts acting like her, eating a lot of food.
The girls eventually go to a nightclub with 1920s-style dancers and cause a ruckus. Marie II also goes to the apartment of a man who is a butterfly collector. In this scene, there are a lot of butterflies shown as still frames. At the end, she says that she wants to eat. Later on, they go to a factory. There are still frames of locks, and the building looks run down. They look for "nourishment" and stumble upon a feast presumably set out for communist leaders. They eat the food, make a mess and destroy the room. It then cuts to them being dunked in water like witches, as the director states how there can be no "clean resolution" to the destructive dinner. Věra Chytilová then brings the Maries back to the dining room, and make everything right again, and at the end a giant chandelier crushes them.
Clasificación [ CM DVD 00349 ] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)