Release date: 07/12/2012
Genres:
Drama, Comedy
Countries:
Czech Republic
Poland
Rating:
5.2
“The fact that I’m playing myself doesn’t mean that it’s me.” Four old schoolmates, today well-known Czech actors (Pavel Liška, Tomáš Matonoha, Josef Polášek and Marek Daniel), decide to make a movie together. Their ambitious colleague Jan Budař takes up directing duties and financing has arrived from Poland. What started out pleasantly enough, however, soon goes awry. Liška’s pronunciation difficulties, Daniel’s alter ego Havlát, and Matonoha’s financial machinations turn the shoot into a fight for survival. More than just a film about friendship and the absurdity of actors’ lives, director Marek Najbrt gives us a witty meditation on reality and illusion, and a unique take on the reality film genre. One of Pavel Liška’s on-set comments (“I didn’t know if I should act as if I were acting, or act as if I weren’t acting, or just not act at all”) illustrates the provocative nature of Najbrt’s subversive, quasi-documentary game.
Marek Daniel
Daniel
Pavel Liška
Liška
Tomáš Matonoha
Matonoha
Josef Polášek
Polášek
Katarzyna Zawadzka
Kasia
Jan Budař
Budař
Krzysztof Czeczot
producer
Jana Plodková
production manager
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