Archive of films Siege / Ostrom
Hungary
2018, 23 min
Section:
Future Frames: Generation NEXT of European Cinema
Year: 2019
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.
Synopsis
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
About the director
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)
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
Color, DCP
Section: | Future Frames: Generation NEXT of European Cinema |
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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 |
Guests
István Kovács
Film Director
Zoltán Dévényi
Director of Photography