Fruit of Paradise

Harvard Film Archive
24 Quincy St.
Cambridge
Fri., May 8, 2026, 7 – 8:30 p.m.



Věra Chytilová’s second most famous work is perhaps her aesthetically wildest. Shot on the heels of Daisies (1966), Fruit of Paradise retells the origin myth of Adam, Eve and Satan amidst the opulent spring foliage of a prehistoric spa. Exploiting Eastmancolor to its limits, Chytilová and director of photography Jaroslav Kučera open the film with a hypnochromatic bravura of movement, montage and multiple exposure, which sets the terrain for an Edenic comedy-thriller absurd and universal in equal measure.

Gazette Classification: Film
Organization/Sponsor: Harvard Film Archive
Cost: $10 - Regular Admission / $8 - Non-Harvard Students, Harvard staff and Senior Citizens. Harvard students free.
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