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Charlatan(Šarlatán)

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Czech Republic, Ireland, Slovakia · 2020
1h 58m
Director Agnieszka Holland
Starring Josef Trojan, Ivan Trojan, Juraj Loj, Jaroslava Pokorná
Genre Drama

The story of healer Jan Mikolášek, a Czech herbalist and faith healer who during the 1930's became a cult figure for treating the rich and poor alike, including the Czechoslovak president, with his unique regimen of plant-based remedies, as well as lifestyle and dietary changes.

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IndieWire by David Ehrlich

Charlatan becomes entangled in its conflicting mesh of traits and time periods, but the film is only able to become more than the sum of its frustrating parts because it embraces those complications in the first place.

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The Hollywood Reporter by Deborah Young

Though shot in the most classic of idioms, the film commands attention with its mesmerizing performances and lively cross-cutting between key moments in the hero’s life.

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Variety by Guy Lodge

Caught between a respectful tribute to Mikolášek’s medical achievements and a more salacious examination of his moral transgressions — with a tender if speculative gay romance propped somewhere in between — it’s an ambitious portrait of human imperfection that doesn’t strain to arouse much affection for its subject in the audience.

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