Benett Vilmányi and Petra Hartai lead the cast of the filmmaker’s first feature, which is produced by Filmteam with the support of the Hungarian Nfi’s Incubator programme. If, upon closing your eyes, you could see through someone else’s and the world turned out to be a far better place, you’d be left with some far-reaching ethical dilemmas: such is the idea behind Mátyás Szabó’s Wandering Leaves (Vándorló levelek), whose filming has now entered the home straight having kicked off on 17 March in Budapest. Standing tall in the cast of this first feature film to come courtesy of Szabó (who previously turned heads with short films such as The Coming and The Border) are Benett Vilmányi (well-received in Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time and Guerilla), Petra Hartai (of the series Oltári csajok), Mari Nagy (at her best in Those Who Remained among other works,...
The filmmaker's first feature, starring Ákos Orosz and Mari Nagy, will be presented at Connecting Cottbus's Work in Progress. A production by Filmfabriq and Fp Films sold by the Nfi World Sales. Shot last Summer, from 22 July to 14 August in Maglód, in the near suburb of Budapest, Eviction (Kilakoltatás), the first feature from Máté Fazekas, will participate in cocoWIP, the Work in Progress organised as part of Connecting Cottbus (which will take place online 4-6 November). Headlining the film are Ákos Orosz and Mari Nagy (recently recognised for her turns in Those Who Remained and Post Mortem). Also in the cast are Blanka Mészáros, Annamária Láng, István Znamenák, Kata Péter, András Pál, Géza Egger, Orsolya...
by Abe Fried-Tanzer
There are many films that have been made about the Holocaust, which to some may feel repetitive but ultimately represents a positive testament to the millions of people who lost their lives and whose fates, while assumed, may still not be entirely known. Invented characters can be useful to convey the experiences of the nameless within an enormous population that did not live to see its own story told. Hungary last won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film for the Holocaust movie Son of Saul (2015), and now it could be in the running again for a smaller-scale Holocaust film Those Who Remained, which unexpectedly made the shortlist of ten films that are vying for the five nominations on Monday.
In this quiet, intimate drama, Klára (Abigél Szõke) clings to the hope that her parents may still be alive as she tries to conduct a normal life with her remaining local relative,...
There are many films that have been made about the Holocaust, which to some may feel repetitive but ultimately represents a positive testament to the millions of people who lost their lives and whose fates, while assumed, may still not be entirely known. Invented characters can be useful to convey the experiences of the nameless within an enormous population that did not live to see its own story told. Hungary last won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film for the Holocaust movie Son of Saul (2015), and now it could be in the running again for a smaller-scale Holocaust film Those Who Remained, which unexpectedly made the shortlist of ten films that are vying for the five nominations on Monday.
In this quiet, intimate drama, Klára (Abigél Szõke) clings to the hope that her parents may still be alive as she tries to conduct a normal life with her remaining local relative,...
- 1/11/2020
- by Abe Fried-Tanzer
- FilmExperience
Many films deal with the suffering of the Holocaust years, but far fewer focus on those who managed to return from the camps. The achingly tender Hungarian drama “Those Who Remained” fills that gap. Perceptively directed by Barnabás Tóth, . Set in the period between 1948 and ’53, the period drama also takes on the purges of Hungarian politician Mátyás Rákosi’s Communist regime. Following its world premiere in Telluride, this exquisite, poignantly performed tale will be released in North American by Menemsha Films.
After the war, the gentle but haunted Dr. Aládar “Aldó” Kőrner (Károly Hajduk), 42, returns to his ob-gyn hospital practice. His wife and two small boys perished in the camps, and he lives alone, with only his medical journals for company, until Klára (Abigél Szőke), a 16-year-old force of nature, storms her way into his life.
We first meet Klára, nicknamed Sunny, in Aldó’s clinic and she’s definitely not radiating good humor.
After the war, the gentle but haunted Dr. Aládar “Aldó” Kőrner (Károly Hajduk), 42, returns to his ob-gyn hospital practice. His wife and two small boys perished in the camps, and he lives alone, with only his medical journals for company, until Klára (Abigél Szőke), a 16-year-old force of nature, storms her way into his life.
We first meet Klára, nicknamed Sunny, in Aldó’s clinic and she’s definitely not radiating good humor.
- 8/31/2019
- by Alissa Simon
- Variety Film + TV
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