Archive of films Colour of Happiness / A boldogság színe
Hungary
2003, 86 min
Section:
Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now!
Year: 2003
Magical-realist quilt of various types looking for love or fulfillment in
modern-day Budapest.
Synopsis
A magical-realist criss-crosser, set in contempo Budapest and beguilingly shot in vibrant, Almodovarian hues, The Colour of Happiness takes Hungarian cinema out of its grungy, inward-looking ghetto and into the mainstream of accessible European filmmaking. Lively quilt of various types looking for love or fulfillment firmly establishes 41-year-old writer-director Jozsef Pacskovszky after a decade of promising work. The marriage of Ditta (Ann Györgyi), plain-Jane wife of Frenchman Laurent (Erik Desfosses), has hit the sexual shallows; but as Ditta sends him off to work, it starts snowing outside - unheard of in May - and there´s a hint of something special in the air. Almost immediately the script starts to introduce and set up connections among a swath of other characters.
Derek Elley
Contacts
National Film Institute Hungary
Róna utca 174., 1145, Budapest
Hungary
Tel: +36 30 4414465, +36 146 113 20
www: www.nfi.hu
Mokép Co. / Hungarofilm Division
Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út 7., H-1065, Budapest
Hungary
Tel: +36 1 267 3026
Fax: +36 1 267 3140
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.mokep.hu
About the film
Color, 35 mm
Section: | Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now! |
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Director: | József Pacskovszky |
Screenplay: | József Pacskovszky |
Dir. of Photography: | Francisco Gozon |
Music: | Ando Drom, Sonoton |
Editor: | Gabriella Koncz |
Producer: | Jenö Haberman |
Production: | Filmart |
Cast: | Anny Györgyi, Ildiko Bacsa, Margit Foldessy, Erik Desfosses, Zoltán Rátóti, Terez Rudolf, Livia Habermann, Eva Vari, Artúr Kálid, Otto Viczian, Todd Williams |
Contact: | National Film Institute Hungary, Mokép Co. / Hungarofilm Division |
Guests
József Pacskovszky
Kinga Gajdos
Film Institution Rep.
Jenő Hábermann
Producer