Fair Play

Fair Play

Directed by Andrea Sedláčková

Produced by Arina, RWE

2014100 min6.1 / 10

A morally complex portrait of an athlete caught between personal integrity and systemic coercion, exploring the psychological toll of state-mandated doping in Cold War Czechoslovakia.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is Fair Play sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.

  • Is Fair Play violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is Fair Play scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Does Fair Play end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

  • Is Fair Play easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

26/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

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Rarity44

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise13

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love25

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Fair Play, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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