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Fruit of Paradise
Fruit of Paradise
	DVD cover
Directed by	Věra Chytilová
Written by	Věra Chytilová; Ester Krumbachová
Produced by	Bronka Ricquier
Starring	Karel Novák
Cinematography	Jaroslav Kučera
Edited by	Miroslav Hájek
Music by	Zdeněk Liška
Release date	31 July 1970;
Running time	99 minutes
Country	Czechoslovakia
Language	Czech

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Fruit of Paradise (Czech: Ovoce stromů rajských jíme) is a 1970 Czechoslovak avant-garde drama film directed by Věra Chytilová. It was entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival.^[1] The film is an adaptation of the Adam and Eve story. This was Chytilová's last film before she was placed on an eight-year ban by the Czechoslovak Government.^[2] Fellow Czech screenwriter and costume designer Ester Krumbachová collaborated with Chytilová on the screenplay, costumes, and decor.^[3]

Plot[edit]

Eva (Jitka Nováková) spends the holidays with her husband, Josef (Karel Novák), in a luxurious mansion. Picking berries, playing with balloons and running through the woods. When Robert (Jan Schmid) crosses his path and drops a key.

She follows him to return the object, finding a bag in his quarters. This one contains a stamp with the number 6, which she uses on her own skin. It turns out that Robert is a serial killer and Eva is in love with him.

After chasing him, demanding that he kill her, Eva is covered in red cloths and when Robert removes these, her clothes are also red. Upon returning to "Paradise", where she lived with Josef, Eva is unable to climb over the walls, even though they are low, and tells her husband that she "she doesn't want to know the truth".

Cast[edit]

Karel Novák as Josef
Jitka Nováková as Eva
Jan Schmid as Robert
Julius Albert as Starý pán (uncredited)
Alice Auspergerová as Teta (uncredited)
Jan Klusák as Robert (voice) (uncredited)
Luděk Sobota as Muž s kyticí (uncredited)
Josef Somr as Josef (voice) (uncredited)
Jaromír Vomáčka as Strýc (uncredited)

References[edit]

^ "Festival de Cannes: Fruit of Paradise". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 11 April 2009.
^ Bergan, Ronald (14 March 2014). "Vera Chytilová obituary". Guardian News and Media. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
^ Bird, Daniel. "Can We Live with the Truth? Věra Chytilová's Ovoce stromů rajských jíme". Central Europe Review. Retrieved 24 November 2015.

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[festival-cannes.com-1] "Festival de Cannes: Fruit of Paradise". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 11 April 2009.

[obituary-2] Bergan, Ronald (14 March 2014). "Vera Chytilová obituary". Guardian News and Media. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 29 November 2015.

[3] Bird, Daniel. "Can We Live with the Truth? Věra Chytilová's Ovoce stromů rajských jíme". Central Europe Review. Retrieved 24 November 2015.

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 ==Plot==
+Eva ([[:cs:Jitka Nov%C3%A1kov%C3%A1|Jitka Nováková]]) spends the holidays with her husband, Josef ([[Karel Novák]]), in a luxurious mansion. Picking berries, playing with balloons and running through the woods. When Robert ([[:cs:Jan Schmid|Jan Schmid]]) crosses his path and drops a key.
-The film is a rather experimental, psychedelic, stylish, Arthouse retelling of the biblical story of Adam and Eve which then progresses into a downright surreal allegorical depiction of the complete loss of innocence.
+She follows him to return the object, finding a bag in his quarters. This one contains a stamp with the number [[Number_of_the_beast|6]], which she uses on her own skin. It turns out that Robert is a serial killer and Eva is in love with him.
+After chasing him, demanding that he kill her, Eva is covered in red cloths and when Robert removes these, her clothes are also red. Upon returning to "Paradise", where she lived with Josef, Eva is unable to climb over the walls, even though they are low, and tells her husband that she "she doesn't want to know the truth".
 ==Cast==
-* [[Karel Novák]] as Josef
+* Karel Novák as Josef
 * [[Jitka Nováková]] as Eva
 * [[Jan Schmid (actor)|Jan Schmid]] as Robert
-* [[Julius Albert]] as Starý pán (uncredited)
+* Julius Albert as Starý pán (uncredited)
 * [[Alice Auspergerová]] as Teta (uncredited)
 * [[Jan Klusák]] as Robert (voice) (uncredited)
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 {{Věra Chytilová}}
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