A Bagful of Fleas

Věra Chytilová's 'fictionalised documentary' uses non-actors to portray girls' lives in the cotton mills of Náchod.

Described as a 'fictionalised documentary' and 'acted reportage', A Bagful of Fleas uses non-actors to portray girls' lives in the cotton mills of Náchod. Like Věra Chytilová's previous film, Ceiling, its break with both genre and ideology charted a new path for Czechoslovak and Eastern European cinema.