The film is an Eastern European odyssey depicting the story of 50 years old Ágoston, who takes up the chance to go abroad on a quest for the job of his long-forgotten dreams.
Director/scriptwriter Gyorgy Kristóf penned the script together with Eszter Horváth and Gábor Papp. „We didn’t want to make a social drama or to use any of the Eastern European film clichés, but we wanted to find a different expression. What I liked most was the idea of a synthesis between minimalism and absurd humour. It was the first film of that kind that I ever made,“ Kristóf told the media.
The film stars Sándor Terhes and Judit Bárdos, who are nominated for best leading actor and best supporting actress at the Sun in a Net national awards, which will be announced as part of the Slovak Film Week event on 6 April 2018.
The film was produced by Slovakia‘s sentimentalfilm in coproduction with Mirage Film Studio, endorfilm, KMH Film, Punkchart Films, RTVS, Film Angels Studio and FAMU. The budget was 1,380,000 EUR. The Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Czech State Cinematography Fund, the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic and the Hungarian Film Fund supported the film.
Vertigo Média released the film theatrically in Hungary in June 2017, Slovakia’s ASFK released it in September 2017 and Czech Aerofilms in December 2017.
Production Information:
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Mirage Film Studio
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KMH Film
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endorfilm
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Credits:
Director: Gyorgy Kristóf
Scriptwriters: Gyorgy Kristóf, Eszter Horváth, Gábor Papp
DoP: Gergely Pohárnok
Editor: Adam Brothánek
Sound: Jan Richtr
Set design: Branislav Mihálik
Costumes: Miriam Struharová, Hana Převrátilová
Cast: Sándor Terhes, Éva Bandor, Judit Bárdos, Ieva Norvele
