Passion

Szenvedély

Hungary

1998

155 Min

Black and White

Hungarian

Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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PROD Jolán Árvai, István Dárday, György Fehér, Gergely Horváth, Ferenc Kardos, Éva Schulze

SCR James M. Cain, György Fehér, Béla Tarr

CAST Ildikó Bánsági, Djoko Rosic, János Derzsi, István Lénárt, László Gálffi, Zoltán Bezerédy, Géza Bereményi, Dénes Ujlaky, Péter Haumann

ED Mária Czeilik, Éva Szentandrási

SOUND Gábor Rozgonyi, László Tóth, András Vámosi

Cannes (Un Certain Regard), Edinburgh (Perspectives)

Synopsis

György Fehèr’s aim was to “make a film which is similar to the last salvaged print of a long lost film”. The passions he investigates are centred around primeval fears and cravings and a sense of inescapable doom. Shot in powerful black and white with excellent central performances. Programmed by Béla Tarr, one of EIFF 2011’s guest curators. –EIFF

Director

György Fehér

Born in 1939. Graduated from the Academy of Theatre and Film Art in 1972 as a director and cameraman. He made his diploma film, an adaptation of Richard III by Shakespeare, for Hungarian television. He has a long television filmography which includes documentaries, opera films, as well as adaptation of works by Shakespeare, Checkov, Dostoievsky and Molière. He was the co-director of Six Bagatelles a series of short feature films by Andras Jeles, Gabor Body, Pal Wilt, Istvan Darday, Bela Tarr. With his first feature film, Szürkület (Twilight) he received Felix Awards and several prizes in Hungarian Film Week, Locarno and Strasbourg Film Festivals. —Festival on Wheels