How did the idea to make the film Adored come about?
“The film is partly inspired by the story of my grandfather, his personality, the aura he spread around him. I don’t remember thinking about writing about my grandfather anymore, but I know that when I called my mother, she said: Well, that’s the best material, both for better and for worse. My grandfather was so birefringent, he was good at something, and not quite at something … “
Michael Caine receives the award at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival from President Jiří Bartoška
The Most! he was also inspired by your family stories, now you have reached for your grandfather, what do your relatives call it?
“I consulted some things directly with the adored mother, my cousin knows that … Probably someone in the family may mind washing dirty clothes, but I think my mother is more happy that the story we know will get out . It was a little known in the small town where my grandfather lived. He worked as a pediatrician in Police nad Metují, just like our hero Zdeněk. And there it was all known anyway, and it was just pretended not to be known, which is such a typical technique of keeping a small-town secret. “
You’re talking about your grandfather in the past, so he probably won’t see the movie again …
“It’s hard to say what he would say …”
The character of Zdeněk is played by Jiří Bartoška, was it easy to convince him?
“I didn’t know Jiří at all and I was a little afraid to call him, I knew he didn’t want to spin much anymore and I thought it was bold … But I decided, he wanted me to send it to him, then we would go for a beer, and he quite liked it. I rewrote the other half after a discussion with him and Ivana Chýlková, so they actually helped me with that. Langoš and I are really close friends after all, Petra and Zuzana didn’t have a problem with that either, we found Martina Czyžová, who plays a young granddaughter, and that was it. “
Did you shoot during a pandemic, did it affect the work on the film in any way?
“Quite significantly, because Zuzana Kronerová fell ill with coronavirus during filming, so everything stopped and moved for a month. Fortunately, we managed to get through the commitments of everyone else so that it could be done. “
Marek Eben and Jiří Bartoška open the 55th Karlovy Vary IFF
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