A Blonde in Love (Lásky jedné plavovlásky)

„If I had to pick just one film, it would be A Blonde in Love… It’s funny and humane, warm and wise and quite delightful“ — Ken Loach, The Independent

„When I got into documentaries in the mid-eighties, I discovered how you could not just observe but also sculpt reality. This is when I fell in love with the Czech New Wave. So Forman, Passer, Němec. My favorite film from that era is probably A Blonde in Love, which looks at the world without an agenda, rhetoric, or plot mechanics, but with lots of empathy and irony. It shows that if you have a good sense of casting and know where to put the camera and when not to cut, the most ordinary things can be lifted into something poetic and timeless“ — Paweł Pawlikowski

„One of my favorite films by Miloš Forman and so bittersweet as to leave an aftertaste. Glorious in black and white and poignant as hell, it’s one of those films that reminds you why you fell in love with cinema in the first place“ — Neil LaBute

„This wonderful film about young female factory workers in an isolated town in central Czechoslovakia utterly convinced me that I wanted to spend my career making photographs of institutional life. […] The result is hilariously funny and very touching, with a twist of sadness at the end – a typical Miloš Forman film“ — Mary Ellen Mark

„A small gem… indescribably exact, touching and funny“ — Tom Milne, Time Out Film Guide

„A keystone of the Czech New Wave… political bite, deft humour and a warm but unblinkered view of humanity“ — Philip Kemp, Total Film