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Mandragora
- Director: Wiktor Grodecki
- Writer: Wiktor Grodecki; David Svec
CGiii Comment
Apart from nearly every character being a complete demented psycho - Grodecki, relentlessly, drags his audience through (but not into) a cruel underworld.
His audience is a visitor, not a resident - he reveals how easy it is to become a citizen of such a place through fellow human depravity.
This is a scorching condemnation of society.
It is not pleasant, there is no happy ending - it should make you worry.
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Marek (Miroslav Caslavka), a failing high school student, leaves his abusive father and moves to Prague, where he falls into the clutches of Sascha (Karel Polisensky), a pimp who peddles young boys. Marek and David (David Svec), another of Sasha's sex workers, become friends and decide to begin thei… Morer own prostitution business so they can make enough money to leave the city. Although they enjoy initial successes, surrounding dangers like AIDS and drugs could destroy their chance to escape.
Cast & Characters
Miroslav Caslavka as Marek;
David Svec as David;
Pavel Skripal as Honza;
Kostas Zerdolaglu as Krysa;
Miroslav Breu as Libor;
Jiri Kodes as Father;
Karel Polisensky as Sascha;
Richard Toth as George;
Jiri Pachman as Pan Franta;
Pavel Koci as Rudy;
Jitka Smutna as Krysa's Wife;
Jiri Kaftan;
Bretislav Farsky;
Michell Turchetti;
Tomas Petrak