A Bagful of Fleas (1962)

Original title

Pytel blech

Directed by

Věra Chytilová

Genre

drama

Country

Czechoslovakia

Runtime

43 min

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

The film follows a group of teenage girls who live in a boarding school and work as apprentices in a fabric factory in a typical Czechoslovak communist town. It shows their daily routines and interactions at school and work.

observationalmatter-of-factlow-keygroundedeverydayunvarnishedimmersiverealistic

What happens

Pytel Blech (Estados Unidos: A Bagful of Fleas ou The Sack of Flies) é um filme de média metragem dirigido por Věra Chytilová. A produção foi lançada nos cinemas juntamente ao filme Teto, da mesma diretora, e acompanha o cotidiano de um grupo de garotas que vivem em um internato e que são aprendizes em uma fábrica de tecidos em Náchod, uma típica cidade da Checoslováquia comunista. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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