Rent A Blonde in Love (1965)
3.6 of 5 from 137 ratings
1h 21min
Classic film that bridges the Czech cinema of the 1960s into the 1970s.
Watching it again after a long time made me realise how funny it is. This is an elegant, wry tale of the times. An era of social repression is on the cusp of 'freeing up', and Forman produces a wonderfully well-judged metaphor for this process in the travails of this young "blonde in love".
The sequence in the apartment of her lover's parents is a priceless blend of comedy and tragedy, exemplifying the wit and energy of the whole film.