The film Loves of a Blonde is split into three episodes following the main character Andula. In the first episode, Andula and her friends are pursued by soldiers at a dance. The second episode has Andula spending the night with a piano player named Milda. In the final episode, Andula goes to Prague to see Milda, but feels unwelcome by his parents and returns home. The film examines the lives of youth in a small town through the experiences of Andula in her search for love and escape from her situation.

1. Loves of a Blonde
by Milos Forman

2. Plot
• Essentially split into 3 episodes
following Andula, the main
character.
• First takes place at a dance where
Andula and her friends are pursued
by three soldiers.
• Second has Andula spending the
night with piano player Milda.
• In the final episode Andula leaves
her town to see Milda in Prague
where she is made to feel
unwelcome by his parents and thus
goes back home.

3. Main Character
Andula
• The only protagonist
of the film.
• Seems to be on a
constant search for a
lover but has little
luck
• Sees Milda as her
ticket out of her
small town and to a
new life.

4. More Main Characters
Milda
• Young piano player who
seduces Andula when he plays a
show in her small town.
•Typical, careless youth whose
concerns are limited to girls and
booze.
Milda’s parents
• Milda’s mother is a nagging and
overprotective presence.
• While Milda’s father is more
levelheaded and understanding of
Milda’s carelessness.

5. Other Characters
Jana and Marie
• Andula’s friends and
fellow shoe factory
workers
• Embody the hopeless
romanticism that is a
product of their
situation.

6. Minor Characters
Soldiers
• From military base near the
shoe factory.
• Interested in Andula, Jana
and Maria.
• Type of father figures which
makes them unattractive to
the younger girls.

7. Thoughts
• Narrative structure of the film made
it an examination of life, youth and
uncertainty and avoided any strong
story arcs.
• Characterization provided many
comical moments especially that of
Milda’s mother and father.
Improvised dialogue and use of
non-actors added authenticity to
the film.

8. Questions
• How does the title of the film reflect the lives of the only blonde
characters in the film?
• How does the fact that women so outnumber men in their village
contribute to the characters’ romantic woes?
• What is the significance of the woods in the film?
• How are mothers represented versus fathers?
• Do you sense a generational conflict between the parents and
Andula and Milda?
• As a viewer do you sympathize or empathize with any of the
characters?

9. OKAY