Czechoslovakia's most depressing 72 minutes: capitalism eats a teenager alive.
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.
Acting
Yvetta Kornová's hollow-eyed resignation says everything.
Production
Genuine 1983 buffet location reeks of authentic hopelessness.
Director
Ladislava Sieberová
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during Normalization era Czechoslovakia; the buffet's fluorescent hellscape was state-approved social commentary.
Director Ladislava Sieberová was blacklisted shortly after; this was her only feature.
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