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Lost in Munich
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Wikipedia article
'Lost in Munich' is a 2015 Czech comedy film directed by Petr Zelenka. The movie plot and title is inspired by 'Lost in La Mancha', a documentary film about Terry Gilliam's unfinished movie.
The narrative revolves a haunted making of the movie 'Lost in Munich' which tells the story about unsuccessful journalist and 90-year-old parrot who used to live with the French prime minister douard Daladier and is still repeating Daladier's quotes related to the Munich Agreement. The failed film production (with the feigned French co-production) is the allegory to the alleged French betrayal in 1938.
The film received the Czech Film Critics' Awards for Best Film, Director and Screenplay. It was selected as the Czech entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.
Cast
* Martin Myika as journalist Pavel Liehm, as himself
* Marek Taclk as journalist Jakub, as himself
* Jana Plodkov as secretary of the French Institute, as herself
* Vclav Kopta as editor in chief
* Vclav Neuil as husband of actress Plodkov
* Tom Bambuek as film director Tom
* Vladimr kultty as producent Vladimr
* Ji Rendl as the assistant director Adam
* Jitka Schneiderov as Pavel's wife Dana, as herself
* Stanislas Pierret as director of French Institute, as actor Grard Pierret
* Marcial Di Fonzo Bo as parrot assistant/assistant director Jean Dupont (Note: the names of some characters in official website differ from the final movie version)
Reception
Stephen Dalton of 'The Hollywood Reporter' wrote:
Paying explicit homage to Francois Truffaut's classic behind-the-scenes film-set comedy 'Day for Night', Zelenka's mischievous mix of farce and tragedy is a much smarter animal than it first appears. Behind its zany premise and sometimes bumpy tone, 'Lost in Munich' eventually emerges as a sardonic commentary on the Czech people's simplistic self-image as eternal victims of more powerful European neighbors. ... 'Lost in Munich' is unlikely to take much business from Judd Apatow in the multiplex laughter league, but it is both entertaining and educational, a largely successful experiment in navel-gazing meta-comedy.
See also
* List of submissions to the 89th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
* List of Czech submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
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