Andel Exit

Andel Exit
Directed by Vladimír Michálek
Produced by Jaroslav Boucek
Written by Vladimír Michálek
Jáchym Topol
(based on the novel of Jáchym Topol)
Starring Jan Cechticky
Klára Issová
Music by Jan Cechticky
Yarda Helesic
Release dates
October 26, 2000
Running time
100 min
Country Czech Republic
Language Czech

Andel Exit (also called as Angel Exit) is a 2000 Czech drama movie directed by Vladimír Michálek with Jan Cechticky and Klára Issová. [1] The movie was based on thee 1995 novel of Jáchym Topol named Anděl. The movie earned two Czech Lion Awards in 2000 for Best Design and Best Editing. [2]

Synopsis

The film is about Mike, a junkie and a thief, who decided to get away from drugs after falling for his new neighbour Jane. However his girlfriend Kaja prevented him from doing so. Following the trcs of Kaja, Mike ended up in South Africa where he gets involved with local gangsters and meth dealers.

Cast

Production

After impressed by the novel of Jáchym Topol named Anděl, director Vladimír Michálek met with him and asked Topol to accompany with him in the screenplay. The film commenced its shooting on December 24, 1999. [3]

Reception

The movie was met with positive reviews. CER said that despite having an infantile plot, the film worked best on the microscopic level by picking up the minutiae of modern life and capturing the ills of a generation on screen.[4] Film Blitz also noted that the film provide an eye-opening picture of a rarely-seen side of Prague: scummy suburbs, of peddled religious icons and groceries brought on credit, where meaningless sex and drugs are about the only escape. [5]

Awards

Czech Lion Awards , 2000

Trivia

References

  1. http://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film475092.html
  2. http://www.filmovaakademie.cz/en/detail?movie=And%C4%9Bl%20Exit
  3. http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1033786635-andel-exit/
  4. http://www.ce-review.org/01/4/kinoeye4_horton.html
  5. http://trashcity.org/BLITZ/BLIT0992.HTM
  6. http://www.cinema.bg/sff/2002/eng/movies/angel_exit.php[]
  7. http://kultura.zpravy.idnes.cz/klara-issova-brzy-slavna-ale-co-dal-dtc-/filmvideo.aspx?c=A010426_141415_filmvideo_cfa

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