Mandragora (1997) - Wiktor Grodeckl

My first venture into moderately contemporary Czech cinema is something you might expect from Larry Clark, but with more violence. Mandragora is a bit of an epic, and much of it repeats itself but that doesn't make the film boring. More than enough goes on to capture an audiences attention, however much of the film does seem to border and occasionally step over the line of exploitation. I'd say certainly a captivating film with moments of supreme drama, but perhaps too bleak to really make a decent impression.