Since it was first introduced in 1994, Czech Republic has never stopped submitting tapes to the shortlist at Oscar de Best Foreign Language Film.
"Fair Play" will be the 21st film to seek the nomination for this country, which has been a candidate for this award three times, winning it in 1997 with "Kolya" ("Kolja") by Jan Sverák.
This new proposal of Czech cinema is directed by Andrea Sedlackova, he was present at the last edition of the Karlovy Vary Festival and is one of the 50 shortlisted for the next edition of the European Film Awards.
andrea sedlackovaBesides directing several films, most of them for television, he has a long career in editing. "Love me if you dare" or "The Farewell case" are some of the films in which she has worked as an editor.
Set in the 80s and with the Czechoslovakia The communist era as a backdrop, "Fair Play" tells the story of a prominent athlete who becomes part of a state-sponsored investigation to experiment with illegal anabolic steroids.
«Fair Play»Is a drama that delves into one of the most negative aspects of sport, such as dopping, but also others of a more universal nature such as immigration, as it also tells the story of her mother, a cleaner who was abandoned by her husband who does not want the same future for her daughter and who sees qualification for the Olympics as an opportunity to emigrate.
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