''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 documentarie ...

with Jan Cechticky and

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. The movie was based on the 1995 novel of

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named Anděl. The movie earned two Czech Lion Awards 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 and many more new businesses.

Synopsis

The film is about Mike, an addict and a thief, who decides 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 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 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 won the award for Best Actres ...

as Machatová *

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

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 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

Czech Lion Awards, 2000 * Won, Best Design - Vladimír Michálek and Martin Strba * Won, Best Editing - Jiří Brožek * 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)