The Girl Robinson

The thirties of the twentieth century. Blažena, a fourteen years old daughter of a Prague taxi driver Jaroslav Bor, receives a telegram from her father and has to leave the summer camp. She is looking forward to being at home - she just got a brother. At home she learns devastating news - her mother died after the childbirth. The baby boy Petr stays in an infant nursery unit and Blažena has to put up not only with her grief but also with the housework. She has to learn to cook, to do shopping, to wash, and also to manage money because the economic depression is just starting. She has to make up with the fact she will not be able to study. Blažena's help is her favourite book - Robinson Crusoe. She imagines she is on a deserted island and her fantasy helps her to overcome the difficulties. After a while she meets a maid Tonička, who helps her by advice and practical help. Also her friend Jarda Duchoň who used to send her letters at the summer camp comes up. Now he is waiting for her while she is shopping and he teaches her to bike. The time is passing by and there is Christmas. Blažena falls ill, her father and Tonička care for her. Her girl friends come to visit her and they bring a poem from Jarda. Blažena has lost all love for him when she saw him biking with another girl. Bor and Tonička decide to get married and they take the baby boy from the infant nursery unit. Blažena is happy; Tonička has been her devoted Friday. Blažena will be also able to go back to school.