Archive of films Dike of Transience / A mulandóság gátja
Hungary / Czech Republic
2004, 13 min
Section:
Documentary Films - Competition
Year: 2004
This black-and-white pictorial study portrays, in the spirit of the writer Bohumil Hrabal, life over three years at the reservoir Kopaszi. The musical accompaniment – a village brass band rehearsing Beethoven’s Egmont overture – is brilliantly cut into a sequence of raw pictures from a forgotten corner of the world.
Synopsis
Captured over three years, this black-and-white pictorial study portrays life under the threat of demolition at the Kopaszi dam. The raw image of dug-out material comes alongside mini-portraits of the inhabitants of the settlement. The mood is influenced by the work of Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal, whose poetics form a link to impressive insights into a slumbering corner of the countryside. The contribution of the sound track – a village brass band rehearsing Beethoven’s Egmont overture – permeates everything with a sorrowfully melancholy feeling of the transience of human destinies.
About the director
Gyula Nemes (b. 1974, Vác, Hungary) graduated in Czech and Hungarian literature with film theory from ELTE in Budapest. Since 2002 he has been studying in the department of documentary film at Prague’s Film Academy (FAMU) under the guidance of Věra Chytilová and Karel Vachek. He made his debut with the short film Parrot (2001) based upon motives by Bohumil Hrabal.
Contacts
National Film Institute Hungary
Róna utca 174., 1145, Budapest
Hungary
Tel: +36 30 4414465, +36 146 113 20
www: www.nfi.hu
About the film
Black & white, 35 mm
World premiere
Section: | Documentary Films - Competition |
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Director: | Gyula Nemes |
Screenplay: | Gyula Nemes |
Dir. of Photography: | Balázs Dobóczi, Márk Györi |
Music: | Ludwig van Beethoven |
Editor: | Martin Blažíček |
Producer: | Igor Lazin |
Production: | MyFilm, koprodukce / coproduction: FAMU-Prague, Inforg Studio-Budapest |
Contact: | National Film Institute Hungary |
Guests
Annamária Basa
Gyula Nemes
Film Director
András Muhi
Producer