Fair Play (2014)
Release Year: 2014
Nation: Czechia, Germany, Slovakia
Alternative Title: Juego limpio, Sur la ligne
Director: Andrea Sedláčková
Writer: Irena Hejdová, Andrea Sedláčková
Production & Genre
Producer: N/A
Companies: Arina, RWE, Negativ, Departures Film, Česká televize, Barrandov Studio, i/o post, RTVS
Budget: 2.000.000
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Keywords
Keywords: sports, psychology, doping, czechoslovakia, steroids, woman director, track and field
Story
In the 1980s, Anna, a Czech sprinter, starts training for the Olympics. After she collapses during training, she learns she is being given steroids and decides to stop using them until her mother helps the coaches give them to her.
Summary
In 1980s Czechoslovakia, promising sprinter Anna embarks on her Olympic journey. After a collapse during training reveals she's been secretly dosed with steroids, Anna resolves to train clean. Her mother, fearing Anna's Olympic dream will fade without performance enhancements, covertly continues administering the banned substances. Despite crossing the finish line last at an indoor race, Anna remains undeterred, unaware her mother has kept up the doping charade. When the coach learns of their deception, he struggles with his conscience, torn between Anna's health and national glory.
