Something Different / A Bagful of Fleas ( O necem jinem / Pytel blech ) ( There's a Bagfull of Fleas at the Ceiling )

Something Different / A Bagful of Fleas (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: O necem jinem / Pytel blech
Alternate Title: There's a Bagfull of Fleas at the Ceiling
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Czech ( Mono )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
124 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White
Booklet
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1962 - 1963 and produced in:
Czech Republic ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Vera Chytilová

Written By:
Vera Chytilová

Actors:
Vladimir Bosak ..... Eva
Eva Bosáková ..... Jirka
Jirí Kodet ..... Vera
Josef Langmiler
Miroslava Matlochová
Milivoj Uzelac
Vera Uzelacová

Synopsis:

SOMETHING DIFFERENT follows the lives of two women a gymnast in gruelling training (real life Olympic gold-medallist Eva Bosáková), and a dissatisfied housewife (Vera Uzelacová). The two strands never meet, but provide a progressive comment on each other and the differing roles of the women. In A BAGFUL OF FLEAS, the everyday world of young factory girls lives in the cotton mills of Náchod conflict with officialdom. The late, great Czech filmmaker Vera Chytilová (DAISIES, FRUIT OF PARADISE) was one of the Czech New Wave s most rebellious, irreverent and boundary-breaking talents. A vibrant innovator whose uncompromising vision in a decidedly male-run industry made her known as the First Lady of Czech Cinema. These two terrific early works introduce themes evident across her career: a progressive female viewpoint in a world of double standards and predatory sexualisation dominated by men, the expectations and strictures of female gender roles, and a strong critique of contemporary society. Combining elements of cinema vérité and formalism, and spiked with anarchic humour, her films broke with both genre and ideology and charted a new path for Czechoslovak and Eastern European cinema.

Something Different (1963)
Two stories are simultaneously told. One dutiful mother progressively becomes a frustrated woman who is the only one assuming the family responsibilities of working at home and looking after her only son, whereas her husband works all day, does not appreciate his wife's efforts and the only thing he does by the time he gets home is to read the newspaper and watch soccer matches. On the other hand, a female gymnast prepares for her last competition before her career retirement, but faces pressure from her trainer and a lack of motivation to keep going. The film depicts frustration on both sides, and parallels two worlds dominated by men, where women do not receive any recognition, and in case they do, it is momentary.
A Bagful of Fleas (1962)
The experiences of young women working in a textile factory-run school.

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