Droneman
| Droneman | |
|---|---|
 Czech poster | |
| Directed by | Petr Zelenka |
| Written by | Petr Zelenka |
| Starring | Kryštof Hádek Jiří Mádl |
| Cinematography | Alexander Šurkala |
| Edited by | Vladimír Barák[1] |
| Music by | Janez Dovč |
| Distributed by | Falcon a.s. |
Release date |
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Running time | 110 min. |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Language | Czech |
| Budget | 32,695,000 CZK[2] |
Droneman (Czech: Modelář) is a 2020 Czech psychological thriller film directed by Petr Zelenka. It stars Kryštof Hádek and Jiří Mádl.[3][4]
Plot[edit]
Droneman is about chemist and fly navigator Pavel and his friend businessman and free time rapper Plech. Pavel has strong sense of justice and wishes to fix wrongs with the world while Plech dreams about big money and secure life. Their common passion are drones since school. Pavel returns from abroad and meets again with Plech and together they use drones to start a business. They monitor Power Stations, wear luxury handbags at the show or spray the Petřín Tower from the air. Their clients even include Presidential candidate. Everything changes when one of them decides to misuse drones.[5] Pavel is involved in activism against torture at Guantanamo Bay and believes that Supreme American politicians should be judged for it. It gets him into conflict with more rational Plech and other people. Starts to lose his illusion and decides to commit an assault of American Vice President Dick Cheney during his visit of Prague in 2000. He decides to use a drone during the assassination, but during the act he is unable to kill Cheney and gets killed by the Police.[6]
Cast[edit]
- Kryštof Hádek as Pavel
- Jiří Mádl as Plech
- Veronika Khek Kubařová as Eva
- Zuzana Fialová as Jana
- Richard Stanke as Jan Zavadil
- Helena Dvořáková as Petra
- Miroslav Hanuš as Kasl
- Jiří Štrébl as Aleš
- Kristýna Frejová as Lenka
- Jan Vondráček as Dick Cheney
References[edit]
- ^ "Po mnichovském komplexu vyletí drony. Petr Zelenka natáčí nový film Modelář". ct24.ceskatelevize.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ "Legionáři, moderní pohádka, světový bestseller i terorismus v českých kulisách. Státní fond kinematografie rozdělil 67 milionů na výrobu osmi nových snímků". fondkinematografie.cz. Archived from the original on 15 October 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ "A Terrorist Is Born". filmcenter.cz. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ "Je český film na dně či v bodu obnovy? – Výhled č. 1". indiefilm.cz. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ "Ve filmu Modelář řeší Zelenka problematiku dronů". TÝDEN.cz (in Czech). 28 November 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ "Recenze: Modelář - 80%". fffilm.name (in Czech). Retrieved 31 July 2020.
