Dealer

Colour, 35 mm
Hungary, 2004, 137 min
Section: Forum of Independents

Synopsis

A typical day in the life of a drug dealer. First he has to bring some cocaine to the leader of a sect. Then he visits a friend who was seriously burnt in a solarium and needs his final fix. A former classmate, who stores his stash, informs him that she can no longer do so. An old flame, also a junkie, confesses to him that he is the father of her little girl. The dealer searches for another client, a black marketeer hooked on drugs and pills, but instead he meets only his angry sister. Then a student asks for help: her roommate has eaten too many hallucinogenic mushrooms. Another old friend has a different problem: his mother fell into spiritualism when she lost her job and now uses him as a medium... A dark, depressing tale which takes place in the hypnotic atmosphere of a city resembling a ghost town. Extremely demanding, but also a totally modern film.

About the director

Benedek Fliegauf (b. 1974, Budapest) studied set design from 1995 to 1998. He worked as an assistant director to Miklós Jancsó and Árpád Sopsits, and directed and edited various programmes for several Hungarian TV stations. He directed a number of short films and, in 2003 completed his first feature-length film, Forest (Rengetek). Dealer is his second feature.