Interesteg What makes it different from others?

Diagonaldi Very well executed

Doomtomylo a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Bayandur Pogosyan Kytice is a good film; it may suffer from being too literal about interpreting the source material - Karel Jaromír Erben's "Kytice z pověstí národních" ("A bouquet of folk stories"). I even felt some "kindred spirit" with Parajanov's "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors", especially when fantasy elements were represented not by expensive VFX work, but grotesque, almost surreal scenes.The film has its atmosphere. The stories worked together as a coherent work. The music was marvelous, and the acting (except for the prince in "Zlatý kolovrat", the weakest performance if you ask me) was good too. It might be a bit more cinematographic - but I'd rather not give the director advice post-factum.What matters is - Kytice is a good film. Not one of those with life- changing ideas. Not one of those that make you marvel at its scale (1927 "Metropolis" comes to mind). It's just a beautiful and sensual experience, an insight into Czech culture and folk stories, but also the author's unique view.

murushi First, the good: the visuals are stunningly beautiful. Great lighting, wonderful use of colour (especially in the 5th segment, The Golden Spinning-Wheel): the fall colours are amazing, everything is gold orange and red, including the girl's "red" hair and red beads in it. Most of the movie's visual palette is built around white or red or the contrast of the two. The soundtrack is beautiful, some melodies are haunting, all sound almost familiar and help bring the movie closer. Some scenes are mildly erotic and very beautifully - and tastefully - shot.That said, I must move to my second point. The bad and the ugly, all at once.The stories are morbid, totally gruesome. Does Brabec (the screenplay write/director) hate women and children? I don't believe K. J. Erben (the original book author) did, as I have seen his other fairy tales and they are beautiful. But this!!! Ugh!!! In every single segment either a woman or a child or both get hurt and often end up dead. Men are unaffected.I would advise anybody to see the movie for its gorgeous images and lighting, and listen to the beautiful soundtrack, but be warned! This is seriously misogynistic.

LordHaart I don't know how could someone dislike a movie like this one. Most important to this movie is not story, but picture and emotions. I was really astonished by this movie and I still think its one of the best Czech movies and its picture is one of the best of all films. In my opinion the best part was The Water Spirit. Its ending with desperate man sitting in the mud and crying over his loss of wife and child is simply breathtaking. These emotions are so deep that everyone must feel it with the Spirit. Also the picture of girl falling from the bridge is fantastic. I think this movie is definitely worth seeing for the feelings inside..

NateManD F.A. Brabec did an amazing job of directing "Kytice" (wildflowers), which is based on the book "the Seven Ballads". I'm not familiar with the novel, but I must say that the seven Czech fairy tales within the film are extremely nightmarish. These are not fairy tales to read to children before bedtime. One tale concerns an underwater spirit, who takes women captive as wives, if they happen to fall in the water. Another has a girl praying for her boyfriend to return from the dead. He returns in soldier uniform and gives her the power to fly every time she denounces her religious faith. The stories teach bizarre moral lessons, and people end up paying for their bad choices. The cinematography is gorgeous, and should be studied by film students everywhere. The movie is dark, but very moving and filled with colorful life. Jakubisko's art direction is amazing. (he helped produce the film along with his wife) The soundtrack is haunting and will stay with you long after the film is over. In fact I ended up buying the soundtrack, and it is excellent. "Kytice" reminds me of Kurasawa's "Dreams", "Big Fish" and "Valerie and her Week of Wonders" all rolled into one bizarre dream. The Czech Republic is a country thats film industry remains undiscovered by western audiences. I have yet to watch a Czech film that I didn't like. For more dark unsettling Czech folk lore also view Jakubisko's "An Ambiguous Report about the end of the World".