Czech Journal: Matrix AB

synopsis

This documentary portrait of Andrej Babiš presents to us a volatile personality without an anchor, a dilettante master of populism and a straightforward drive to gain power regardless of the consequences. The Babiš matrix is revealed to the audience at the time of the local elections, as a “politician in spite of himself” hands out doughnuts to voters to convince them of his good intentions and desire to do the common good. The observational documentary, without any significant controversy, offers a glimpse into the mechanics of Babiš's power politics through the details of handshakes, fleetingly exchanged words, or stacks of sausages made by his own company.

“I had hoped that Andrej Babiš would be much more open, unbiased, and curious about an outside perspective, judging by how often he likes to display the fact that he’s not a politician, but that has not been the case. For most of the filming, he treated us like annoying pests.”

Source: iDNES.cz

biography

Vít Klusák (1980) is a Czech director and producer. He attracted public and critical attention with his feature debut Czech Dream (2004), which he made with his regular collaborator Filip Remunda. For his documentary film Caught in the Net (2020), which he co-directed with Barbora Chalupová, he received the Czech Lion and the Czech Film Critics Award.

more about film

director:	Vít Klusák
cast:	Andrej Babiš, Monika Babišová, Jean Reno, Radmila Kleslová
producer:	Kateřina Kovářová, Petr Kubica
script:	Vít Klusák
photography:	Vít Klusák, Adam Kruliš, Jakub Halousek
editing:	Jana Vlčková
sound:	Michal Gábor, Adam Levý