A man from the country and his troupe arrive for the “problem-solving” show of a fictional national television channel.
The theme of the talk-show is entitled: “Today I get my family’s act together”.
The protagonists are brought together by the sister of the man, whom he has not seen for six years. Everybody is driven by pent-up emotions and the only character able to see the situation clearly is the barely adult lover.
Two tragedies are presented in parallel in this film. A tragic story of a love triangle – the one poetically elaborated on by Milán Füst in his drama – and “the drama of the drama”, or how a personal tragedy can become a commodity and a media sensation if viewers are relieved of the inconvenient “repercussions”. Add to this a Western European investor, attracted to the lure of the Eastern European media market and the profit it promises.
Nothing else really matters anyway.
Co-produced with Sweden
Cast and Crew
Director: Tamás Dömötör
Screenplay: Tamás Dömötör
Director of photography: Máté Widamon Tóth
Editor: Richárd Lenkey
Music: Soma Eppel
Sound: Róbert Juhász, Gábor Bányai
Visual design: Réka Pintér
Costumes: Márta Makány
Production manager: Inez Mátis
Producer: Inez Mátis, Ferenc Pusztai
Co-producer: Martin Persson
Production company: Dropout-Film, KMH Film, Anagram Produktion / SE
Cast: Zsolt Anger, Attila Árpa, Szilvia Csonka, Balázs Czukor, Kata Péter, Sándor Simicz, Mihály Szabados, Emese Vasvári, Caroline Anréason, Göran Parkrud
Festivals and Awards
Festivals:
2011 – Cluj-Napoca Transilvania
2011 – Palic International Film Festival
2010 – Budapest Hungarian Film Week (in competition)
2010 – Shanghai International Film Festival (in competition)
Prizes:
2010 – Budapest Hungarian Film Week
Best Producer: Ferenc Pusztai