Three outdoor feasts. Three menus. Three times of day. Perhaps we’ll settle for what everyone’s having at breakfast, but come lunchtime, our stomachs will be sizzling hot and rumbling. An appetite so fierce, one might consider devouring their own shoe or a table leg! How\u2019s about something special for dinner \u2013 a piece of ourselves?<\/p>\n
The film Daisies<\/i> (1966) by Czech director V\u011bra Chytilov\u00e1 follows the story of two beauties who indulge in a lavish feast for two days. It caused quite the stir in the communist bloc. Food was a contentious issue in the Soviet Union and its satellite states, and this is why \u0160vankmajer’s three-part film is more than just a meal diary \u2013 its effects are physiological, psychological, and above all, political.<\/p>\n","images":[{"ID":36028,"id":36028,"title":"FOOD 4","filename":"FOOD-4.jpg","filesize":3972149,"url":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/FOOD-4.jpg","link":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/FOOD-4.jpg","alt":"","author":"21","description":"","caption":"","name":"4a7fca0f7e51495b9b236770e6089b7d","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":0,"date":"2024-05-29 14:47:50","modified":"2024-05-31 14:00:55","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2325,"height":2325,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/FOOD-4-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/FOOD-4-250x250.jpg","medium-width":250,"medium-height":250,"medium_large":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/FOOD-4-768x768.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":768,"large":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/FOOD-4-1500x1500.jpg","large-width":900,"large-height":900,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/FOOD-4-1536x1536.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/FOOD-4-2048x2048.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":2048,"large1200":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/FOOD-4-1200x1200.jpg","large1200-width":1200,"large1200-height":1200,"large1800":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/FOOD-4-1800x1800.jpg","large1800-width":1800,"large1800-height":1800,"small":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/FOOD-4-120x120.jpg","small-width":120,"small-height":120,"uncompressed":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/FOOD-4.jpg","uncompressed-width":2325,"uncompressed-height":2325,"custom-size":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/FOOD-4-700x200.jpg","custom-size-width":700,"custom-size-height":200}}],"in_cinemas":null,"on_demand":null,"not_available":null,"rights_expiry_date":null,"trailer_url":"","film_category":"482","film_category_title":"In Kino Veritas","film_category_link":"https:\/\/rigaiff.lv\/en\/programme-2024\/in-kino-veritas\/","film_category_title_2":null,"film_category_link_2":null,"film_parent_select":[36771],"screenings":false,"screenings_from_prog":null,"screenings_merged":[],"artist":null,"album":null,"custom_supporter_title":"","supporter":false,"supporter_from_parent":null,"supporter_from_parent_title":null,"curators_foreword":"","additional_content":"","jury_statement":false,"logo_on_image_text":"","logo_on_image_image":false,"available":false,"online_only":false,"poster":false,"available_until":"","geographical_availability":"latvia","geographical_availability_custom_short":"","geographical_availability_custom_long":"","subtitle_language_online":[],"cinesend_id":"","online_price":"","online_bs_id":"","collection_mode":false,"collection_screenings":false}