Ceiling
Strop
Czechoslovakia • 1962
Director
Synopsis
Informed by the director’s experiences working as a fashion model, Věra Chytilová’s remarkably assured graduation film—which she was able to make only by duping state censors with a phony script—mixes vérité observation and New Wave stylistic experimentation to depict the everyday life of a model (Marta Kanovská), the ways in which her body is commodified by the industry, and the alienation she feels.
Synopsis
Informed by the director’s experiences working as a fashion model, Věra Chytilová’s remarkably assured graduation film—which she was able to make only by duping state censors with a phony script—mixes vérité observation and New Wave stylistic experimentation to depict the everyday life of a model (Marta Kanovská), the ways in which her body is commodified by the industry, and the alienation she feels.
Credits
Crew
DirectorVěra Chytilová
WriterVěra Chytilová
CinematographerJaromír Šofr
ComposerJan Klusák
EditorAntonín Zelenka
Cast
Marta Kaňovskáas Marta
Julián Chytilas Julián
Jaroslav Satoranskýas Honza
Josef Abrhámas Pepik
Ladislav Mrkvičkaas Jarda