Piotr Tymochowicz, media advisor to some of Poland’s top politicians, claims that anybody can be molded into a charismatic leader. To prove it he’s looking for a greenhorn that can be turned into a candidate. A call is put out for would-be participants, and hundreds apply. A small group is selected and under go training. Polish master Marcel Lozinksi followed Tymochowicz and this project for three years, and this beautifully shot and edited work paints a compelling portrait of cynical (and quite familiar) demagogy and populism in action. Taken through exercises in all aspects of being a politician, from body language to handling media scrums, soon a candidate emerges. The relative ease with which the political rookie, Dariusz, merges into active political life is quite shocking, as is his completely malleable ideology. “It’s a revolution in communications,” claims Tymochowicz. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 6.3/10 | |
Released: | November 24, 2006 | |
Runtime: | 90 min | |
Genres: | Documentary | |
Companies: | Studio Filmowe Kalejdoskop TVP | |
Cast: | Andrzej Lepper Jacek Hugo-Bader Piotr Tymochowicz Marek Dyduch | |
Crew: | Marcel Lozinski | |
Kateri81 : I was entertained, on the edge of my seat! Grant was superb. 7,5/10