Programs

SUNSET
(Napszállta)
Hungarian-French drama film, 2018, 144 min. - In Hungarian
directed by László Nemes Jeles
script: László Nemes Jeles, Clara Royer, Matthieu Taponier
music by László Melis
cinematography: Mátyás Erdély
editor: Matthieu Taponier
producer: Gábor Sipos, Gábor Rajna


Featuring: Juli Jakab, Evelin Dobos, Vlad Ivanov, Björn Freiberg, Susanne Wuest, Judit Bárdos, Móni Balsai, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn, Sándor Zsótér, Mihály Kormos

The screening will be introduced by film- and music critic László Kolozsi (in Hungarian).

Guest: László Nemes Jeles - director

1913, Budapest, in the heart of Europe. The young Irisz Leiter arrives in the Hungarian capital with high hopes to work as a milliner at the legendary hat store that belonged to her late parents. She is nonetheless sent away by the new owner, Oszkár Brill. While preparations are under way at the Leiter hat store, to host guests of uttermost importance, a man abruptly comes to Irisz, looking for a certain Kálmán Leiter. Refusing to leave the city, the young woman follows Kálmán's tracks, her only link to a lost past. Her quest brings her through the dark streets of Budapest, where only the Leiter hat store shines, into the turmoil of a civilization on the eve of its downfall.