Twelve-year-old Lali wins a bar of chocolate at cards that contains a winning coupon for a Vespa motorbike inside the wrapper. However, the motorbike is in Budapest so leaves his community in Bereghát not only to find the prize of his dreams, but also his father, whom he has not seen for a long time…
Cast and Crew
Director: Diana Groó
Screenplay: Diana Groó, Iván Szabó
Director of photography: Sándor Kardos
Editor: Ági Mógor
Music: Dániel Kardos, Rudolf Balogh
Sound: György Kovács
Costumes: Zsuzsa Balai
Production manager: Péter Schmidt
Producer: Dénes Szekeres
Co-producer: Biberche Productions / SB, VisionTeam / SB
Production company: Tivoli-Filmproduction
Cast: Sándor Tóth, Juli Nyakó, Rudolf Balogh, János Puporka, Gábor Nagypál, György Bajomi Nagy, Krisztina Erdély, Gábor Róbert, Zénó Kárász, Simon Szabó, László Kassai
Festivals and Awards
Festivals:
2011 – Bradford International Film Festival
2011 – Chicago EU Film Festival
2011 – Cluj-Napoca Transilvania
2011 – Lagów International Film Festival (in competition)
2011 – Lille Cinémondes (in competition)
2011 – Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival
2011 – Moscow Golden Knight International Film Festival (in competition)
2011 – Palic International Film Festival
2011 – Zlín International Film Festival for Children and Youth
2010 – Budapest Hungarian Film Week (in competition)
2010 – Cottbus FilmFestival
2010 – Geneva Cinema Tous Ecrans (in competition)
2010 – Ghent Flanders International Film Festival
2010 – Montreal The World Film Festival
2010 – Săo Paulo International Film Festival (in competition)
2010 – Siena Terra di Siena (in competition)
2010 – Targu-Mures AlterNative
2010 – Vancouver International Film Festival
2010 – Viareggio EuropaCinema
Prizes:
2010 – Los Angeles Hungarian Film Festival: “Hungarians in Hollywood” Best Film Award
2010 – Budapest Hungarian Film Week
Special Prize of the Jury: Sándor Tóth, Best Original Music: Dániel Kardos & Rudolf Balogh
2010 – Cottbus FilmFestival
DIALOGUE Prize for Intercultural Communication
2010 – Geneva Cinema Tous Ecrans
Reflet d’Or – Best Director Prize
2010 – Siena Terra di Siena
UNICEF Special Prize