Synopsis
The life of Gabor, a middle-aged man with the manners and naïveté of a child, is turned upside down when his mother is killed in a botched bank robbery. He and a prostitute, Jolie, are the only ones who can identify robber, so they must run for their lives.
Armed with a chandelier as a present to Grandma, the odd pair sets out on a cross border journey to seek refuge in her house in Serbia. But Grandma, long dead, had lived on only in Gabor’s imagination and meticulous drawings. While the pair tries to fit in the village, the robber who is relentlessly after them finds an unwitting ally in the local police.
Balancing between crude reality and imagination, the two manage to survive and, in the process, find peace with each other, the world, and, most difficult of all – themselves.
Technical Information
2008; Hungary, United Kingdom, Bulgaria, Netherlands; Romance, Road-movie; 90 minutes; 35mm, HDCAM-SR; 1.77:1 (16:9); Dolby SRD; Original Language: English, Hungarian; Subtitles: English
DIRECTOR
János Edelényi
WRITER
Paul Salamon, Janos Edelenyi, Maria Stankova
D.O.P.
Tibor Mathe
EDITOR
Károly Szalai
MUSIC
Patrick Hawes
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Eurofilm Studio, Vita Nova Films, Geopoly and Riba Film International
PRODUCER
Steve Bowden, Peter Miskolczi, Georgy Cholakov, Pavlina Jeleva, Arry Voorsmit
Gabor
Andor Lukats
Jolie
Vesela Kazakova
Dutchman
Antonie Kamerling
Brigi
Eniko Borcsok
Uncle Feri
Djoko Rosic
JÁNOS EDELÉNYI
After graduating from the Academy of Films in Budapest, both as a director and director of photography, Janos rejoined the staff of the Hungarian Television, where he had worked prior to film school. Two of his documentaries won First Prizes at the National Documentary Film Festival, and he was awarded Best Photography, Grand Prize, Best TV Adaptation and the International Prize at various other national festivals.
Janos has directed and co produced or/and photographed over 40 documentaries and several dramas and he co-wrote produced The Long Shadow, a Hungarian-Israeli-American feature film starring Michael York and Liv Ullmann, directed by Oscar winning photographer, Vilmos Zsigmond.
Prima Primavera is Janos’ first feature film as director and features Bulgaria’s first Shooting Star, Vesela Kasakova with whom he will collaborate again on his next feature film, The Undiscovered Country.
Selective Filmography
Feature Film
1992 The Long Shadow
1976 II. Richárd
1974 Méz a kés hegyén
1973 III. Richárd
1967 Mélyrétegben
Feature Documentary
2002 Egy igaz ember
TV Series
2001 The Mystery of Black Rose Castle
Short
1992 Szerelö
2013
Mar 09 – 09
2012
MILWAUKEE JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
Oct 14 – 18
PITTSBURGH JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
Mar 15 – 15 (in competition)
SAN DIEGO JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
Feb 09 – 19 (in competition)
2011
THE BOSTON JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
Oct 25 – Nov 15
2009
VARNA FILM FESTIVAL ´LOVE IS FOLLY´
Special Award, Best Actress (Vesela Kazakova)
Nov 02
Oct 23 – 31
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