''Andel Exit'' (also called as Angel Exit) is a 2000

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movie directed by

Vladimír Michálek Vladimír Michálek (born 2 November 1956 in Mladá Boleslav) is a Czech film director and screenwriter. Life Michálek graduated from Czech film Academy ''FAMU'', Prague, in 1992. Starting during his academic study he was filming documentaries ...

with Jan Cechticky and

Klára Issová Klára Issová (born 26 April 1979), sometimes known as Klára Issa, is a Czech film, stage and television actress. In 1997, she won the Czech Lion Award for Best Supporting Actress in ''Nejasná zpráva o konci světa''. She is the cousin of a ...

. The movie was based on the 1995 novel of

Jáchym Topol Jáchym Topol (born 4 August 1962) is a Czech poet, novelist, musician and journalist who became a laureate of the Czech State Award for Literature in October 2017 for his novel ''Sensitive Man''. Life Jáchym Topol was born in Prague, Czechos ...

named Anděl. The movie earned two

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in 2000 for Best Design and Best Editing. The movie vividly depicts the former atmosphere and architecture around Anděl in the 1990s, before the progressive renovation of the neighbourhood. The efforts came to fruition in the early 2000s with the construction of Zlatý Anděl, a multi-purpose office and business development, followed by a shopping centre an many more new businesses.

Synopsis

The film is about Mike, an addict and a thief, who decided to get away from drugs after falling for his new neighbour Jane. However, his girlfriend Kaja keeps an influence on him and convinces him to cook one last batch. Following the tricks of Kaja, Mike ends up in South Africa where he gets involved with local gangsters and meth dealers.

Cast

*Jan Čechtický as Mikes *

as Kája *Zuzana Stivínová as Jana *Vojtěch Pavlíček as Lukás *

Pavel Landovský Pavel Landovský (11 September 1936 – 10 October 2014), nicknamed Lanďák, was a Czech actor, playwright, and director. He was a prominent dissident under the communist regime of former Czechoslovakia. Biography Landovský was born in Havl ...

as Machata *

Eva Holubová Eva Holubová (born 7 March 1959) is a Czech actress. She is known for having cured herself of alcoholism. She received a Czech Lion Award in 2000 for her supporting role in the film ''Ene Bene'' and in 2006, she was nominated for the Best Actre ...

as Machatová *

Věra Galatíková Věra Galatíková (19 August 1938 – 21 December 2007) was a Czech actress. She acted in Pardubice following her studies at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts. Galatíková then joined The Drama Club in Prague, where she perfor ...

as Head Nurse *Martin Sitta as Cinca *Jan Kehár as Pikna *Lucie Váchová as Kája *Markéta Tanner as Stepa *Žofie Hradilková as Nada *

Pavel Zajíček Pavel Zajíček (born 15 April 1951, in Prague) is a Czech poet and musician. In 1973, he founded the experimental band DG 307 (named after the code for the psychiatric diagnosis that would exempt young men from compulsory military service) toget ...

as Luria *Martin Telvák as Guinea pig

Production

After being 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.

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. Film Blitz also noted that the film provide an eye-opening picture of a rarely-seen side of Prague: life in ageing decrepit appartement blocks near the metro station Anděl near the centre of the city, of peddled religious icons and groceries bought on credit, where meaningless sex and drugs are used as an escape by the main characters.

Awards

, 2000 * Won, Best Design - Vladimír Michálek and Martin Strba * Won, Best Editing -

Jiří Brožek Jiří Brožek (born March 11, 1947) is a Czech film editor. Biography During 1967‒1973 he attended Editing and Directing at Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, FAMU. Then he started to work in Barrandov Studio ...

* Nominated, Best Actress -

* Nominated, Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Zuzana Stivínová * Nominated, Best Director - Vladimír Michálek * Nominated, Best Cinematography - Martin Strba * Nominated, Best Sound - Radim Hladík Jr.

Trivia

* The movie was shot entirely digitally using a skeleton crew and then transferred onto 35mm film * Klára Issová shaved her head completely bald (on screen) for the movie.

References

External links

* *http://www.sms.cz/film/andel-exit *http://m.kinema.sk/recenzia/3378/andel-exit-andel-exit.htm {{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304131011/http://m.kinema.sk/recenzia/3378/andel-exit-andel-exit.htm , date=2016-03-04 2000 films Czech drama films Czech Lion Awards winners (films)