Archive of films Kills on Wheels / Tiszta szívvel
Hungary
2016, 105 min
Section:
East of the West - Competition
Year: 2016
Two disabled lads get together with an ex-fireman and form a gang of hired assassins. But, as is the way with life, the reality is a little more prosaic… Attila Till has come up with an original, action-packed comedy which deftly blends reality and fantasy and whose black humour places it right up there with the audience hit The Art of Negative Thinking. Film is also part of the section People Next Door.
Synopsis
Twenty-year-old wheelchair user Zoli, his physically disabled friend, and an ex-fireman, who is also confined to a wheelchair, decide to offer their services to the mafia as a gang of hired assassins. But, as is the way with life, the reality is a little more prosaic… In his highly original, action-packed comedy, Hungarian director Attila Till skilfully blends reality with fantasy as he offers a gentle probe into the lives of protagonists living on the edge of society and desirous of things which able-bodied people take for granted. With its in-your-face black humour, the film is a competent match for the 2006 audience smash The Art of Negative Thinking and is set to be a sure-fire hit with viewers as well. The director was inspired to make his film from his own experiences as a volunteer for the disabled. He explains his motivation: “It was crucial to me to make a movie about disabled people where they finally aren’t played by actors but get the opportunity to act themselves and be the real heroes.”
Lenka Tyrpáková
About the director
Attila Till (b. 1971, Budapest) graduated from the Intermedia Department of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts. His first feature film Panic (Pánik) premiered in 2008 at the Hungarian Film Week, where it won Best Actress and subsequently screened at a number of international festivals. He shot his first short, Beast (Csicska), in 2011, a chilling drama about modern-day slavery. The film was premiered during Cannes’ Directors’ Fortnight and then toured more than 100 festivals (incl. the Prague Short Film Festival), also ending up with a Best Short Film nomination from the European Film Academy. He also works in television and is one of Hungary’s most respected TV personalities. Kills on Wheels (2016) is his second feature film.
Contacts
National Film Institute Hungary
Róna utca 174., 1145, Budapest
Hungary
Tel: +36 30 4414465, +36 146 113 20
www: www.nfi.hu
HNFF World Sales
Róna utca 174, 1145, Budapest
Hungary
Tel: +36 146 113 53
E-mail: [email protected]
About the film
Color, DCP
International premiere
Section: | East of the West - Competition |
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Director: | Attila Till |
Screenplay: | Attila Till |
Dir. of Photography: | Imre Juhász |
Music: | Csaba Kalotás |
Editor: | Márton Gothár |
Producer: | Judit Stalter |
Production: | Laokoon Filmgroup |
Cast: | Szabolcs Thuróczy, Zoltán Fenyvesi, Adám Fekete |
Sales: | HNFF World Sales |
Contact: | National Film Institute Hungary |
Guests
Attila Till
Screenwriter / Film Director
Judit Stalter
Producer
Imre Juhász
Director of Photography
Márton Gothár
Editor
Zoltán Fenyvesi
Actor
Ádám Fekete
Actor
Szabolcs Thúróczy
Actor
Zsuzsanna Jung
Film Institution Rep.
Csaba Papp
Film Institution Rep., PR & Marketing
Katalin Vajda
Film Institution Rep.