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The Candidate
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The Candidate

2013-10-10 · 106 min · ★ 6.6

Comedy

The story of the film The Candidate takes place during two months of campaigning before a non-specific presidential election in one specific country. The author of the diary entries has no idea for whom he is recording the eavesdropping and enthusiasm for an interesting job in which he follows a bishop, a crazy owner of an advertising agency and a bland presidential candidate with the eloquent name Peter Potôň and an even sweeter-sounding family history, soon give way to disgust and confusion. His diary becomes a file with transcripts of conversations, information about characters and characters, emails, scraps from psychiatric medical records and pictures, which he scribbles at first out of boredom, later because words and rational explanations are no longer enough. The candidate is a political farce, a sad-funny depiction of what happened, is happening, and could very easily happen in this small country.

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Production details

Directors
Jonáš Karásek
Production companies
Azyl Production, B Digital
Countries
Czech Republic, Slovakia
Status
Released
Budget
USD 250,000
Revenue
USD 540,000

Top Cast

Marek MajeskýMarek Majeský
Monika HilmerováMonika Hilmerová
Michal DlouhýMichal Dlouhý
Michal KubovčíkMichal Kubovčík
Pavel SlabýPavel Slabý
Ján JackuliakJán Jackuliak
Pavel NovýPavel Nový
Roman LuknárRoman Luknár
Alice BendováAlice Bendová
Petra MolnárováPetra Molnárová
Marián MitašMarián Mitaš
Milan ChalmovskýMilan Chalmovský
Lukáš PelčLukáš Pelč
Dušan VicenDušan Vicen
Michal Havran ml.
Lucia MolnárováLucia Molnárová
Danica MatušováDanica Matušová
Bruno Olejár
Judit PecháčekJudit Pecháček
Miloš ZemanMiloš Zeman

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