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LOVES OF A BLONDE

LÁSKY JEDNÉ PLAVOVLÁSKY

By Milos FORMAN

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Comedy - Completed 1965

Loves of a Blonde is a testament to Forman‘s mastery of directing both trained actors and non-actors alike. He strengthened his position as an original commentator on social reality, who managed to capture the story of his young heroes with intimate closeness.

- Year of production
- 1965
- Genres
- Comedy
- Countries
- CZECH REPUBLIC
- Languages
- CZECH
- Duration
- 81 mn
- Director(s)
- Milos FORMAN
- Cast
- Hana BREJCHOVA, Vladimir PUCHOLT
- Synopsis
- The seemingly banal plot of Miloš Forman‘s second feature film revolves around a young factory apprentice living in a
  boarding house, who is seduced by a Prague pianist at a small-town dance. After spending the night together, the girl
  travels with her suitcase to Prague to visit the young man, but on arrival she realizes that no one is expecting her there.
  The story of Andula – perhaps the only female protagonist in all of Forman‘s filmography – which was written by Forman
  together with his trusted collaborators Ivan Passer and Jaroslav Papoušek, is anchored in the tragicomic backdrop of
  Czechoslovak socialism in the 1960s. Loves of a Blonde is a testament to Forman‘s mastery of directing both trained
  actors and non-actors alike: with natural ease he places them in brilliantly staged and perfectly authentic situations that
  are full of absurdity and black humor as well as compassion and tenderness. Here lies the essence of Forman‘s realism:
  awkwardness and truth are closer to each other than we typically realize. Following his masterful Black Peter (Černý
  Petr), with Loves of a Blonde (Lásky jedné plavovlásky) Miloš Forman strengthened his position as an original commentator
  on social reality, who managed to capture the story of his young heroes with intimate closeness.