Fair Play (film)

Fair Play

Film poster
Directed by Andrea Sedláčková
Produced by Kateřina Černá
Pavel Strnad
Written by Irena Hejdová
Andrea Sedláčková
Starring Vlastina Svátková
Music by Miro Žbirka
David Solař
Cinematography Jan Baset Střítežský
Edited by Jakub Hejna
Distributed by Falcon
Release dates
  • 6 March 2014 (2014-03-06)
Running time
 100 minutes
Country Czech Republic
Language Czech
Budget Kč 36 million[1]

Fair Play is a 2014 Czech drama film directed by Andrea Sedláčková. It was selected as the Czech entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.[2]

Plot

Set in Czechoslovakia in 1983, the film tells the story of Anna, a sprinter who is hoping to compete in the Olympics, and is given anabolic steroids ("Stromba") by her trainer and her mother.

Production

The film was shot in Prague, Bratislava, and Vysoké Tatry; there were also plans to shoot in Germany.[3]

Judit Bárdos and Eva Josefíková went through athletic training for six months prior to filming, in order to be able to perform the running scenes realistically. Nonetheless, doubles replaced the main actors in certain scenes.[4]

The title song was recorded by Miro Žbirka in the London Abbey Road Studios.[5]

Cast

Accolades

Fair Play was submitted by the Czech Film and Television Academy as an Oscar candidate, but did not get nominated.

The film received four nominations for the Czech Film Critics Award, but won none.[6] It also received the largest number of nominations (15) for the 2014 Czech Lion Awards, but did not win any; however, it did receive the Film Fans Award and the non-statutory award for Best Film Poster.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Fair Play". Českénoviny.cz (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 3 February 2014. Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Oscars: Czechs Nominate Andrea Sedlackova's 'Fair Play' in Foreign-Language Category". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Andrea Sedláčková se kvůli Fair Play pustila do dopingového programu". ČT24 (in Czech). 1 March 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "Judit Bárdos: „V herectví se dopovat nedá.“". Kinobox.cz (in Czech). 4 February 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  5. ↑ Vedral, Honza (30 January 2014). "VIDEO: Miro Žbirka natočil v Abbey Road píseň k filmu o dopingu". iDNES.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Nominace". Ceny české filmové kritiky (in Czech). Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "ČFTA Awards / 2014 / Nominations". ČFTA. Czech Film and Television Academy. Retrieved 6 February 2016.

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