Something Different

(1963)

★ 6.4 IMDb · 30 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1963

Runtime: 85 мин

Country: Czechoslovakia

Director: Věra Chytilová

Cast: Věra Uzelacová, Josef Langmiler, Jiří Kodet, Milivoj Uzelac, Jaroslava Matlochová, Luboš Ogoun, Vladimír Bosák, Eva Bosáková, Dagmar Cejnková, Jiří Cejnek

Plot

In her first feature, Věra Chytilová uses a combination of documentary and fiction film techniques to tell two stories in counterpoint. The first follows Olympic champion gymnast Eva Bosáková, who contemplates retirement as she undergoes a gruelling training schedule; the second, a housewife who is unappreciated and ignored by her husband.