''Candidate'' (''
Slovak:'' ''Kandidát'') is a 2013 Czecho-Slovak film. It was directed by
Jonáš Karásek. It premiered in October 2013. It is a political thriller that includes references toward corruption scandals in Slovak politics, notably the
Gorilla scandal.
It was the most visited Slovak film of 2013.
Plot
The film is about the
Slovak presidential election. It is narrated by Blonďáčik, who is, along with his Czech partner Jazva, tasked to watch a rich businessman and lobbyist Adam Lambert. Lambert owns an advertising agency and is asked by an influential bishop Josef to manage presidential campaign of an unknown candidate Peter Potôň who can take some votes from opposition candidates. He reluctantly agrees but when he finds out that his rival Ivan Müller is a campaign manager of minister Černohorský who is the front runner in the election, he makes a bet with Müller that Potôň will win in the first round. If he wins he will get Müller's business property but if he loses the bet Müller will get his property. The campaign doesn't start well and Potôň fares weakly in the polls. This changes when Lambert's people find out that Potôň is related to
Ľudovít Štúr
Ľudovít Štúr (; 28 October 1815 – 12 January 1856), also known as Ľudovít Velislav Štúr, was a Slovak revolutionary, politician, and writer. As a leader of the Slovak nationalism, Slovak national revival in the 19th century and the c ...
and Lambert uses it in the campaign. Potôň gets a boost in polls but still isn't popular enough to win in the first round. Lambert decides to organise a false flag atentate on Potôň to increase his popularity enough. A day before voting the atentate occurs but Potôň is, in a shocking twist, shot by real bullets. He is taken to the hospital where he dies but not before the result of the election is announced; he wins in a landslide victory. Lambert wins the bet and gains Müller's property. Blonďáčik and Jazva give the compromising materials to Lambert's estranged wife who was secretly pulling all the strings. Blonďáčik states that she will destroy Lambert one day, if he doesn't destroy himself first. Blonďáčik later establishes new political party, the Party of Potôň's Successors, and becomes a major political force.
Cast
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Marek Majeský – Adam Lambert
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Monika Hilmerová
Monika Hilmerová (; born October 7, 1974, in Czechoslovakia) is a Slovak actress. She is a winner of the Silver Dolphin award received in 2001 at the annual Festroia International Film Festival in Setúbal, Portugal as the Best Actress for he ...
– Alena
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Michal Kubovčík – Blonďáčik
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Ján Jackuliak – Ivan Müller
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Michal Dlouhý – Jazva
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Roman Luknár
Roman Luknár (born 1 June 1965) is a Slovak actor. He appeared in more than fifty films since 1988.
Selected filmography
References
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1965 births
Living people
Male actors from Bratislava
Slovak male film actors
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– Bachratý
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Pavel Nový
Pavel Nový (born 5 September 1948) is a Czech actor. He has appeared in more than one hundred films since 1962.
Selected filmography
References
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1948 births
Living people
Male actors from Plzeň
Czech male film act ...
– generál
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Pavel Slabý – bishop Jozef
Czech president
Miloš Zeman
Miloš Zeman (; born 28 September 1944) is a Czech politician who served as the third president of the Czech Republic from 2013 to 2023. He also previously served as the prime minister of the Czech Republic from 1998 to 2002. As leader of the Cze ...
appeared in a cameo role as a president of the Czech Republic. He wasn't
elected yet when he was shooting his scene.
Shooting
The shooting started on 19 September 2012. The shooting took place primarily in Slovakia but some parts were shot in the Czech Republic. Filming was complicated by the weather. Some scenes were shot authentically by asking various people about elections. It includes random people but also celebrities.
References
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2013 films
Czech thriller films
2010s political thriller films
Slovak thriller films
Slovak-language films
Films about elections
Czech political thriller films
Sun in a Net Awards winners (films)