Directed by:
Peter BebjakScreenplay:
Peter LipovskýCinematography:
Martin ŽiaranCast:
Szidi Tobias, Attila Mokos, Peter Nádasdi, György Cserhalmi, Pavol Lančarič, Jaroslav Mottl, Mátyás Dráfi, Xénia Molnárová, Pavel Šimčík, Sergej Hudák (more)Plots(1)
Apricot Island is an intimate story that takes place in Southern Slovakia in a bilingual, Slovak-Hungarian environment. The story sets off during a summer thunderstorm, when Babika – the main protagonist – is returning home from a lake where she goes swimming. An old truck pulls over to offer her a drive home... Thus she meets the Man, the truck’s driver. Their accidental encounter develops into a passionate affair that lasts for several weeks. Babika and the Man meet every Friday, always when he brings vegetables to the town. But one Friday, he fails to come, never to appear again. However, fate has it that the story does not stop here.
While buying a car at a used-cars store, she comes across the Man’s truck, and follows the tracks that she believes will lead her to her fated love. The clues bring her to a little out-of-the-way Slovak-Hungarian village in Southern Slovakia. Here, she learns ‘her’ Man is no longer alive. In the village, Babika meets the Man’s two sons – Lajcsi and Jancsi. She decides to stay to better know the past and the life of her love. As time passes, both brothers fall in love with Babika and a conflict starts to develop between them. This unusual triangle becomes ever more tangled, slowly paving the way for a tragic finale. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Szidi Tobias
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Gazdova krv (2014) (theatrical recording)
Jozef Mak (2021) (TV movie) - narrator
Díky za každé nové ráno (1994)
Attila Mokos
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Teacher (2016)
Broken Promise (2009)
The Ballad of Piargy (2022)
Peter Nádasdi
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dukla 61 (2018) (TV movie)
Zátopek (2021)
The Ballad of Piargy (2022)
György Cserhalmi
Hungary
Best movies:
The Fifth Seal (1976)
Narcissus and Psyche (1980)
Paths of Light (2005)
Pavol Lančarič
Best movies:
Broken Promise (2009)
Muzika (2007)
Apricot Island (2011)
Jaroslav Mottl
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Teacher (2016)
Broken Promise (2009)
Kidnapping (2017)
Mátyás Dráfi
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
The Millennial Bee (1983)
I Love, You Love (1980)
Xénia Molnárová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Wild Roots (2021)
Apricot Island (2011)
Pavel Šimčík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Elegance molekuly (2024) (theatrical recording)
Příběhy obyčejného šílenství (2009) (theatrical recording)
Teremin (2010) (theatrical recording)
Sergej Hudák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Želary (2003)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Zdivočelá země (1997)
Ela Lehotská
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Lady of Izieu (2007) (TV movie)
The Teacher (2016)
By a Sharp Knife (2019)
Ivan Gontko
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Broken Promise (2009)
Landscape (2000)
Apricot Island (2011)
Karol Šimon
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Ballad of Piargy (2022)
Landscape (2000)
The Interpreter (2018)
Michal Tanay
Best movies:
Apricot Island (2011)
Ľuboš Fiala
Best movies:
Muzika (2007)
Čerešňový chlapec (2011) (TV movie)
Apricot Island (2011)
Krištof Tobiáš Zachar
Best movies:
Apricot Island (2011)
Johankino tajomstvo (2015) (TV movie)
Summer Rebels (2020)
Jonáš Tobiáš Lipovský
Best movies:
Apricot Island (2011)
Johankino tajomstvo (2015) (TV movie)