Directed by:
Lili HorvátScreenplay:
Lili HorvátCinematography:
Róbert MalyComposer:
Gábor KeresztesCast:
Natasa Stork, Viktor Bodó, Benett Vilmányi, Zsolt Nagy, Péter Tóth, Andor Lukáts, Attila Mokos, Linda Moshier, Júlia Ladányi, Réka Pelsőczy, Ádám Bethlenfalvy (more)Plots(1)
Márta Vizy (Natasa Stork) is a 39-year-old Hungarian neurosurgeon. After 20 years in the United States, she returns to Budapest for a romantic rendezvous at the Liberty Bridge with János (Viktor Bodó), a fellow doctor she met at a conference in New Jersey. Márta waits in vain, while the love of her life is nowhere to be seen. When she finally tracks him down, the bewildered man claims the two have never met. It’s unclear whether Márta’s wits are clouded by love or if other neurological reactions are at play. Determined to solve the enigma, Márta takes a position at a hospital where, due to both her unfamiliarity with the local culture and her exceptional talent, she is an outsider. With graceful determination, she endures real and perceived slights while navigating the no man’s land separating love from madness. Like Madeleine in Hitchcock’s Vertigo, Adèle H. in Truffaut’s The Story of Adèle H., or Julie, Dominique, and Valentine, the women of Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Three Colours trilogy, Márta is a strong yet vulnerable force who anchors herself in her feelings when faced with uncertainty. (Toronto International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Natasa Stork
Hungary
Best movies:
Heavenly Shift (2013)
White God (2014)
Jupiter's Moon (2017)
Viktor Bodó
Hungary
Best movies:
Benett Vilmányi
Best movies:
The Seventh Circle (2008)
Szürke senkik (2016) (TV movie)
Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time (2020)
Zsolt Nagy
Hungary
Best movies:
Control (2003)
Children of Glory (2006)
The Exam (2011)
Péter Tóth
Best movies:
Andor Lukáts
Kingdom of Hungary
Best movies:
White Palms (2006)
Those Who Remained (2019)
The Wednesday Child (2015)
Attila Mokos
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Teacher (2016)
Broken Promise (2009)
The Ballad of Piargy (2022)
Linda Moshier
Best movies:
Júlia Ladányi
Best movies:
Réka Pelsőczy
Hungary
Best movies:
Just Sex and Nothing Else (2005)
A Bus Came (2003)
Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time (2020)
Ádám Bethlenfalvy
Best movies:
Anna Kis
Hungary
Best movies:
Erik Konfár
Hungary
Best movies:
Kincsem - Bet on Revenge (2017)
Brazilok (2017)
Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time (2020)