Fruit of Paradise
Fruit of Paradise

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In the garden of a pension, Eva and her husband Josef are enjoying a siesta. Here, they meet with the lonesome, mysterious-looking Robert. During play, a key falls out of Robert's pocket. The curious Eva picks it up and sets off on an expedition. In Robert's room, she finds a briefcase soiled with mud, which Robert had forgotten by her parsley patch before, and in it, a date-stamp. Soon afterwards, she learns that another victim of an unknown murderer of women has been found,... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Fruit of Paradise:

Jitka Novákova
Karel Novák
Jan Schmid
Eva Gabrielová
Julius Albert
Blanka Hušková

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In the garden of a pension, Eva and her husband Josef are enjoying a siesta. Here, they meet with the lonesome, mysterious-looking Robert. During play, a key falls out of Robert's pocket. The curious Eva picks it up and sets off on an expedition. In Robert's room, she finds a briefcase soiled with mud, which Robert had forgotten by her parsley patch before, and in it, a date-stamp. Soon afterwards, she learns that another victim of an unknown murderer of women has been found, with a number and date stamped on her forehead. Eva concludes that the murderer must be Robert.

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User Review - 10/10 by Edgar CTo those few familiar with The Deserter and the Nomads (1968) and Birds, Orphans and Fools (1969), two of cinema's best films of all times directed by Juraj Jakubisko, Chytilová's most exponentially bizarre film in her career is a magnificent effort of surreal proportions and mindblowing allegories about the state of mankind. The whole show opens with an extreme sensory overload of distinct colors, juxtaposed backgrounds of nature and experimental sounds featuring Adam and Eve walking nude through a "Garden of Eden", while a choir cites the first chapters of the book of Genesis. Once the fruit has been consumed by both, the "truth has been revealed" and the film then mutates into a depiction of the fall of man's innocence as Eve ventures into an otherwordly journey full of selfless idiots which carry no real relevance to the plot other than accentuating the seemingly Divine condemnation to which Eve has been subject to. The bond between Josef (Adam) and Eva (Eve) has now become earthly physical, and is interrupted by Robert (the Devil), who is now represented here as an assassin of women that imprints the number 6 into their victims. Step by step, all landscapes and settings begin to audiovisually constitute a psychedelic kaleidoscope of symbolic hapax legomena capable of putting the nerve-altering and hallucinogenic drugs trade to bankruptcy. A love triangle is formed between Josef, Eva and Robert, the latter trying hard to conquer Eva's hearts with earthly pleasures. Her transformation into a devilish being brings her down to a world of perdition, Divine oblivion and deception, almost reaching the bottom, but she realizes the true identity of Josef and, in an attempt to come back to her roots, attempts to get back to Josef. Nevertheless, the return to the metaphysical realm of Eden is now impossible to reach as long as we retain a mortal condition. That is, anyway, my very humble interpretation of the film, because just like auteurs in the level of Jodorowsky, Parajanov, Terayama and Jakubisko, the soul dictates what the mind cannot, feeling the blanks left by the limitations of the rationale. Truly one of the most unique and marvelous achievements of the Czech New Wave, and another close addition to my now Top 142 films of all time, Fruit of Paradise is a temptation impossible to resist, impenetrable to the mind, seductive to the soul, forming an impossible love triangle similar to the one depicted in the film, but all the more impossible to forget. Damn that chain of impossibilities! 99/100
User Review - 10/10 by Mai MA true Gem.. i'm surprised that such a surreal beauty is not well recognized..
User Review - 10/10 by Joseph SI'm the first one to review this film, an odd beginning, but here it goes. Vera Chytilova's Fruit Of Paradise, is a lost masterpiece of a film. Lost because Chytilova was not permitted to make any films for decades, after her first film Daisies(an...(read more)other gem), was censored and banned by the Soviet/Czech government. These films show us a new language in cinema, that never got to develop. Her use of sound alone in this film puts her on par with Godard and Leone, her use of color is unlike anything I have ever seen(the first 10 minutes in Eden are a luminous collage of images, patterns, and live actors), and her sense of story(arguably her least accessible trait) is like Bunuel or Svankmajor(her fellow Czech), albeit with a distinctly feminist, whimsicle, slapstick bent. The story is an allegory of Adam and Eve, in a modern(made in 60's) Health Retreat. The action involves our heroin wandering the grounds where she becomes obsessed with a mysterious man in red, who may or may not be a killer. What follows is a fragmented story of awakening, it's pains and pleasures, but don't look more literally than that, like Lynch's Inland Empire, it's best to view this film topologically(on the surface), as an aesthetic object like a painting, rather than a cinematic tool for conveying a "message". Not that you cant or shouldn't get anything more out of this film, than a lesson in the expansive possibilities of film-making itself, but you get out of it, what you put into it. If you want to just watch the pretty colors, it's got that, if you want to argue about "ontological freedom and meaning", you could use this film as a trampoline, but that role rests here on the viewer. Chytilova's film's however cannot be accurately described by text, they have to be viewed, listened to puzzled over, drank with(a glass or two of wine), and then viewed again. If your looking for a novel experience in a sea of modern cinematic redundancy, the Fruit Of Paradise, is the food for you. If you want to watch realistic characters, exchange in pseudo-naturalistic dialoge about modern issues of social import, "Crash" can be found at your local blockbuster, if you've watched Maya Deren, Luis Bunuel, or Kenneth Anger, and said, why can't there be more films like this; then Netflix, steal, beg, borrow,(or try your local library), but find this film. That goes double for Chytilova's first film Daisies, which is as adventurous as this, but is more slapstick to this films baroque; basically a lot more fun
User Review - 8/10 by Zoi KVera Chytylova's "Fruit of Paradise" is a fascinating little number. It is fascinating in terms of style, on one hand, starting from the silent film references to the superb camerawork and it is fascinating on how it manages to engage given with a vague plot and a dadaist-like structure. I would chat more about it, but I'd be missing the point: it is a film you either give yourself into, or leave as it is. Overall, my two cents: 4/5.
User Review - 8/10 by Bill TI really loved "Daisies" and I like this one a lot too. Not as carefree and flighty, it uses the same narrative elements (or lack of them) to paint a lovely piece of film. Music, allegory, color and fun. Worth checking out if you are looking to explore Czech Nw Wave.
User Review - 6/10 by Martin TA modern retelling of the Garden of Eden. Vera Chytilová again utilizes very unusual and interesting techniques, and veers away from a straightforward narrative, but this one doesn't have the same fun, freewheeling spirit as Daisies. Instead it gets bogged down with almost Maya Deren-esque imagery, and the threads it follows are rarely as engaging as they could be. I liked some parts (especially the wild intro) but it needs more oomph.

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