Something Different (1963)

Original title

O něčem jiném

Directed by

Věra Chytilová

Genre

comedy film

Country

Czechoslovak Socialist Republic

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

12

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film alternates between two women's lives. One is a housewife dealing with daily routines. The other is an Olympic gymnast preparing for competition.

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What happens

Something Different (Czech: O něčem jiném, lit. 'About something different') is a 1963 Czechoslovak film directed by Věra Chytilová. The film intersperses two separate narratives: one following Věra, a fictional housewife living in Czechoslovakia, and another following Eva, an Olympic gymnast played by real-life Olympic gold medalist Eva Bosáková. Chytilová's first feature-length film, it is regarded as one of the breakout films of the Czech New Wave, as well as an early example of women's cinema in the Eastern Bloc. While not as well known as some of Chytilová's other films such as Daisies and Fruit of Paradise, it won the main prize at the 1963 Mannheim Film Festival, and has been praised by both contemporary critics and 21st century retrospectives, in addition to receiving a fair amount of attention in academic film literature. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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