Feature film Competition film 45th Film Week

Árva

Director
Nemes Jeles László
Length
132 min
Production company
Pioneer Pictures

Awards at the 45th Hungarian Film Week

  • Best Screenwriter of a Feature Film – Nemes Jeles László
  • Best Actress in a Feature Film – Waskovics Andrea
  • Special Award for Best Production Design – Ágh Márton
  • Best Sound – Zányi Tamás
  • Interfaith jury award for best feature film
Árva – poster

About the film

The Orphan is set in Budapest in the spring of 1957. After the failed revolution, most of Hungarian society surrendered due to reprisals, the disappearance of revolutionaries and resistance fighters, and hopelessness, and the Kádár era began, which lasted more than three decades. 12-year-old Andor is raised by his mother alone, and the boy still hopes that his father, who disappeared in the war, will return. One day, a man appears at their home, claiming to be Andor’s father. The boy refuses to consider the stranger his father. However, the man moves in with them, and the boy is forced to come to terms with his illusions. As the gap between mother and son deepens, Andor decides to save his family from the man at any cost.

Trailer

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Credits

Director
Nemes Jeles László
Producer
Kemény Ildikó, Szále Ferenc
Screenplay
Nemes Jeles László, Clara Royer
Cinematography
Erdély Mátyás
Editor
Politzer Péter
Music
Evgueni Galperine, Sacha Galperine
Sound
Zányi Tamás
Production design
Ágh Márton
Costume design
Flesch Andrea
Cast
Barabás Bojtorján, Waskovics Andrea, Szabó Elíz, Gregory Gadebois
Production company
Pioneer Pictures