Mandragora

Directed by Wiktor Grodecki

Two gay teenage runaways in Prague struggle to survive on the streets, resorting to desperate measures in a harsh and unforgiving world.
Mandragora is a bleak Czech drama about street children, exploitation and male prostitution that offers little comfort to the viewer. Wiktor Grodecki’s approach can feel relentlessly grim, but the film’s raw performances and refusal to sentimentalise its subject give it a harsh authenticity.

Mandragora

Directed by Wiktor Grodecki

Two gay teenage runaways in Prague struggle to survive on the streets, resorting to desperate measures in a harsh and unforgiving world.

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Mandragora is a bleak Czech drama about street children, exploitation and male prostitution that offers little comfort to the viewer. Wiktor Grodecki’s approach can feel relentlessly grim, but the film’s raw performances and refusal to sentimentalise its subject give it a harsh authenticity.