Future Frames: Generation NEXT of European Cinema 2019 / Ostrom / Hungary 2018
Sarajevo, 1994. A city ruined by war. Most homes are without electricity, and the water mains dried up long ago. Widow Tea wants to wash her hair, but she loses her carefully guarded reserve of water. In an attempt at replacing the loss, she sets out on a journey that could cost her her life. A moving drama about trying to maintain a semblance of dignity amidst the madness of war.
The city has been ruined by an ongoing war: most homes have no electricity and the water dried up long ago. One morning, recently-widowed Tea decides to wash her hair, but she discovers that the last of her water stash is gone. Seeking to replace the loss, she sets out on a perilous journey into a dog-eat-dog world of limited basic resources: nobody’s interested in cooperating and a sniper’s bullet could come from anywhere. This is no post-apocalyptic drama from the future, it’s war-ravaged Sarajevo and the horrifying story is recent history.
Anna Kořínek
23 min / Color, DCP
Director István Kovács
/ Screenplay Kálmán Gasztonyi
/ Dir. of Photography Zoltán Dévényi
/ Editor Péter Duszka
/ Art Director László Rajk
/ Producer Mónika Mécs, Nóra Alföldi, Tamás Hutlassa, Barna Hutlassa, Gábor Osváth
/ Production SZFE University of Theatre and Film Arts
/ Coproduction Inforg M&M, Fim Force Team, Filmfabriq
/ Cast Vedrana Božinović, Mirela Lambić, Nenad Pećinar, Radoje Čupić, Zsolt Trill
/ Contact National Film Institute Hungary
István Kovács (b. 1984, Yugoslavia). Filmography: Easy Money (Csúszópénz, 2014, short), Foreign Land (Idegen föld, 2014, short), The Sound of Concrete (Betonzaj, 2015, short), The Grey War (Szürke senkik, 2016, TV), The Revolt of Women (Asszonyok lázadása, 2017, doc.), A Siege (Ostrom, 2018)
National Film Institute Hungary
Róna utca 174., 1145, Budapest
Hungary
Phone: +36 30 4414465, +36 146 113 20
István Kovács
Film Director
Zoltán Dévényi
Director of Photography
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