Summary
The sole film made by director Ladislava Sieberová prior to her exile from Czechoslovakia. Malinový koktejl (Raspberry Coctail, 1982) tells the story of a high-schooler who fails to gain a place at university and necessarily finds herself having to take a job behind the counter at a buffet. At first, 19-year-old Mahula refuses to partake in ripping off customers like the other staff. But eventually she buckles to the ways of her colleagues. In her personal life, meanwhile, her choices are nowhere near as clear as they are, for instance, as when she dilutes raspberry cocktails at work. She begins dating a young, married doctor, Viky Kodat, while also finding support from solid university student Tomáš. The main role in this “normalisation” era “social” film was taken by the then popular actress Yvetta Kornová. Viky was played by Jiří Kodeš, and Tomáš by Marek Brodský, who enjoyed a debut success in director Vladimír Drha’s Dneska přišel nový kluk (A New Boy Started Today, 1981). Music by Michael Kocáb, and the singing of Jana Kratochvílová, contributes to the contemporary feel of this film.
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