Charlatan (2020)

Original title

Šarlatán

Directed by

Agnieszka Holland

Genre

drama film, biographical film, historical film

Country

Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Ireland

Runtime

1h 58m

Rated

15+

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 144 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows Jan Mikolasek, a Czech healer who uses herbal remedies to treat people. It shows his rise to fame and the challenges he faces under a changing political regime.

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What happens

Charlatan (Czech: Šarlatán) is a 2020 biographical historical drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland and written by Marek Epstein, loosely based on the healer Jan Mikolášek (1889–1973), who cured hundreds of people using plant-based remedies. It was selected as the Czech entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards making the February shortlist. It won five awards including Best Film at the 2021 Czech Lion Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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