Charlatan (2020 film)

Charlatan (Czech: Šarlatán) is a 2020 Czech biographical drama directed by Polish director Agnieszka Holland. It is about Czech healer Jan Mikolášek (1889-1973) who cured hundreds of people using plant-based remedies.[2]

Charlatan
Directed byAgnieszka Holland
Produced bySarka Cimbalova
Written byMarek Epstein
StarringIvan Trojan
Josef Trojan
Juraj Loj
Jaroslava Pokorná
Music byAntoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz
CinematographyMartin Strba
Production
company
Marlene Film Production
Distributed byCinemart
Release date
Running time
118 minutes
CountryCzech Republic
Ireland
Slovakia
Poland
LanguageCzech

Plot

The life of Jan Mikolášek, who used his skills and experiences to heal various people with remedies. He healed not only poor people but also famous personas such as Czechoslovak president Antonín Zápotocký. Mikolášek's activities fot attention of Communist regime which following Zápotocký's death imprisoned Mikolášek.[3]

Cast

Production

The film was produced in Czech-Irish-Polish-Slovak co-production. Namely by Sarka Cimbalova - Marlene Film Production (Czech Republic) and Kevan Van Thompson (producer of Jojo Rabbit - an Oscar winning movie), by Mike Downey (Chairman of European Film Academy) and Sam Taylor - both from Film & Music Entertainment Ltd (Ireland), Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska - Madants (Poland) and Lívia Filusová - Furia Film (Slovakia) Other movie co-producers are: Ceska televize, Barrandov Studio, Studio Metrage, Moderator Inwestycje, Rozhlas a televízia Slovenska, CertiCon, Vladimír a Taťána Maříkovi and Magic Lab. The Charlatan movie had its world premiere at the Berlinale - 70th Berlin International Film Festival on 27 February 2020.

Release

First trailer for the film was released on 6 February 2020.[4] The Film premiered at Berlin International Film Festival on 27 February 2020. It was set to enter distribution for Czech cinemas on 26 March 2020.[5] Due to COVID-19 pandemic distribution was delayed.[6] Czech premiere was postponed to the 20th August 2020.

Reception

″Charlatan is a film that does not quite satisfy the curiosity it arouses,″ sighs Peter Bradshaw in his review for The Guardian from the Berlinale. ″Was Mikolášek a ′charlatan′? Rightly or wrongly, the movie is vehement that he was not. The drama in no way resides in any lingering ambiguity. This Mikolášek is a man of principle and intuitive genius who presides over a flourishing practice. (...) He is played with fiercely controlled stoicism by the veteran Czech actor Ivan Trojan, whose son Josef plays the young Mikolášek. (...) This is a forceful, capable movie with an interesting story to tell but its potency consists in a handful of gripping episodes, the most startling being when the young Mikolášek has developed a love of herbs and a vocation for healing.″[7]

References
  1. Barraclough, Leo; Barraclough, Leo (3 July 2019). "Agnieszka Holland's 'Charlatan' Wraps, Sets Premiere Date (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  2. "Hollandová obrací pozornost k Česku. S Trojanem natočí film o léčiteli Mikoláškovi". Aktuálně.cz - Víte, co se právě děje (in Czech). 18 February 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  3. "ŠARLATÁN JE FILM O MUŽI, KTERÝ NEZAPADAL DO PŘEDEPSANÝCH VZORCŮ". www.magazinelita.cz. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  4. kinobox.cz, team at. "Trailer: Ivan Trojan se představuje v roli netradičního léčitele". Kinobox.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  5. "Šarlatán má světovou premiéru na 70. Berlinale". www.ceskatelevize.cz. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  6. "PŘEHLEDNĚ: Premiéra Šarlatána a 3Bobule se odkládá, festival Jeden svět by mohl pokračovat na podzim". iROZHLAS (in Czech). Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  7. Bradshaw, Peter. "Charlatan review – a fascinating, frustrating tale of bottled-up emotion". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
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