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.
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Věra Uzelacová as Věra
Josef Langmiler as Josef
Jiří Kodet as Jirka
Milivoj Uzelac as Milda
Jaroslava Matlochová as Trainer
Luboš Ogoun as Trainer
Vladimír Bosák as Eva's Husband
Eva Bosáková as Eva
Dagmar Cejnková as Dada
Jiří Cejnek as Dada's Husband
Oldřich Červinka as Journalist
Rudolf Kyznar as Pianist (uncredited)
Věra Čáslavská as Gymnast (uncredited)
František Filipovský as František Filipovský (uncredited)
Antonín Bahenský as Cameraman (uncredited)
Helena Štvánová as Saleswoman (uncredited)
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