MANDRAGORA
(CZECH REPUBLIC, 1997, 131 min.)

FRIDAY 10/24 WEDNESDAY 10/29	2:00 PM 11:45 AM
GENERAL CINEMA HOLLYWOOD GALAXY

A tragic and moving drama about runaway children on the streets of Prague. When a small town teenage boy can no longer stand the pressures from his father and his school obligations, he leaves for Prague. Helpless and lonely, he becomes an immediate target for the local pimps who easily drive him into the world of male prostitution. Based on true stories with a mostly non-professional cast, this is one of a handful of films dealing with the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe. DIR Wiktor Grodecki EXEC PROD Petr Hlinovsky, Jaroslav Stanek, Miroslav Steinbach PROD Miroslav Steinbach SCR Wiktor Grodecki, David Svec DP Vladimir Holomek ED Wiktor Grodecki CAST Mirek Caslavka, David Svec, Miroslav Breu, Jiri Kodes, Karel Polisensky DIRECTOR'S FILMOGRAPHY: Naked I Came (1983) Him (1985) Night Train To Venice (1992) Not Angels But Angels (1994) Body Without Soul (1996) Mandragora (1997)

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