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The storytelling model pioneered by Miloš Forman's Lásky jedné plavovlásky (Loves of a Blonde, 1965) takes on a slightly new twist for the 1980s via director Petr Tuček. The director’s last film (it was released in 1988, Tuček died in 1990 aged 51) features the dormitory escapades of textile school students trying with great difficulty to encounter the “right kind” of people. Helena is the exception. She is in a serious relationship with attractive pilot Patrik. Only Zuzka is brought in on the secret that, in fact, Patrik does not really exist. Rather, Helena invented him in order to fend off the taunts from her friends that she is unattached. Included in the cast of largely overlooked faces are Jiří Pomeje and David Matásek. The contemporary soundtrack includes songs from such alternative 1980s groups as Laura a její tygři (Laura and Her Tigers), Panika (Panic) and Pražský výběr (Prague Selection).
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