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Herald News … Enyedi Ildikó – The Silent Friend Awarded the Order of the French Knighthood.

Ildikó Enyedi, the director of the Golden Bear-winning and Oscar-nominated In Body and Soul, received the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres award from the French Ministry of Culture last night.

France’s iconic cinema and film archive, the Cinémathèque française in Paris, is also paying tribute to her life’s work. The director’s entire cinematic oeuvre has been scheduled to be shown on the occasion of the premiere of her latest film, The Silent Friend, which won 6 awards at the Venice Film Festival, in France Cinemas The Silent Friend will be shown from the 1st of April. The film is still showing in Hungarian cinemas, with more than 44,000 viewers buying tickets for it so far.

The French Order of Merit for Arts and Letters was founded in 1957 and is under the control of the French Ministry of Culture. The Order is awarded to “persons who have distinguished themselves for their artistic or literary work, or for their contribution to the spread of art and literature in France and the world.”The Cinémathèque française will screen the following films from Enyedi’s oeuvre: The Mole (1986), My 20th Century (1989), The Magic Hunter (1994), Tamás and Juli (1997), Simon the Magician (1999), Of Body and Soul (2017), The Story of My Wife (2021) and The Silent Friend. Ildikó Enyedi received a prestigious award after the screening of The Silent Friend, receiving the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (Chevalier of Arts and Letters) from the French Ministry of Culture. A few days later, she will give a master class after the screening of My 20th Century.

In Enyedi’s new film, The Silent Friend, an old tree stands in the middle of a botanical garden. It is lonely, like the other inhabitants of the garden – thousands of kilometres away from their original habitat, so that we can admire and observe them. As we observe them, they observe us. They witness our short, tangled, noisy and troubled lives. The film tells three stories, three hesitant encounters between man and plant, when these two radically different perceptions are truly connected for a moment. Our human heroes, like the plants in the garden, are outsiders, lonely souls. And they yearn for connection just as they do.

The film also stars Tony Leung Chiu-Wai (Strictly Dirty, In Love), Luna Wedler – who won the Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best New Actor at the 82nd Venice Film Festival for his performance – and Enzo Brumm. The supporting cast includes internationally renowned actors such as the lead actor of My Wife’s Story, Léa Seydoux (Spectre, No Time to Die), Johannes Hegemann (New Opportunities series), Sylvester Groth (Inglourious Basterds, Darkness series), Rainer Bock (Haneke: The White Ribbon) and Martin Wuttke (Inglourious Basterds).

Update by Aggie Reite

Un mundo normal … The Sea Beyond- Spanish Black Humor Movie

Date of presentation nationalwide @ Hungary

Thursday, September, 16. 2021.

Running time: 103 mins

A near-human drama imbued with distinctive Spanish black humor, road movie and having adventure film elements.
Synopsis
Ernesto (Ernesto Alterio) is an eccentric and nonconformist theater director who receives the news of the death of her mother and, what is worse, finds out that she is going to be buried in a cemetery. Determined to fulfill the last will of the deceased, Ernesto sets out to steal her coffin to throw her corpse into the ocean, just as her last wish was. Ernesto’s daughter (Gala Aymach), tired of her madness, accompanies him to try to make him change his mind. However, during the journey, he will discover that his father is saner than he suspected and also that there is nothing more important than being true to oneself, although this sometimes leads to going against the opinion of the most.
Achero Mañas (Whatever You Want, November), who signed the film as director and screenwriter, won the European Film Award in the Discoverer of the Year category for his first film (Ball / El Bolo). Its main characters are Ernesto Alteiro, who is known to the Hungarian public mainly for his festival-winning works at the Spanish Film Weeks, and Ruth Diaz, who won an award for her earlier film as an actress at the Venice Film Festival. The film got 1 nomination to Goya.

Casting. Ernesto Alterio, Ruth Diaz, Gala Amyach
The movie is screened with Hungarian subtitles
Distributor: Pannonia Entertainment Ltd.

Update Aggie Reiter

FULL PROGRAM – ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL IN BUDAPEST – NOVEMBER, 5-14. 2013.

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MITTEL-CINEMA-FEST 2013.

At the Puskin Cinema –  District, V., 18. Kossuth Lajos Str. Budapest.

Tickets are available on the spot.

Continuing the pre-Herald News from the other day … Participated  at the press conference and heard that this year will be screening a variety of films for the pleasure to the audience, animation film, and short works. We were told that all the films are in Italian language, with Hungarian subtitles, but later on will be other cinemas where the films will have synchronized version in Hungarian language as well. Better to have a look for what suites the best of the whereabouts in advance. We were told many already have had won several awards at international festivals. After we were given a short briefing of the  films to come (see below the short versions of the films) the press individuals were invited to the screening of „The great beauty”. A film which relates to the sixties era in Rome. The movie was shown through the recollections of a time in which a journalist was looking for The great beauty of Life (Bellezza La Grande). Those who are fond in going out to the movies can see the film on Tuesday, November, 5. 8 p.m. The film will be later on out throughout the country.

Itaker – Wednesday, November, 6. – 8 p.m.

Toni Trupial director‘s new film which is enlightening one of the international perverse social conflict during the 20th century. The Italians left their homeland in large numbers after the Second World War. Many people tried their luck in Germany, where they were not specifically awaited. The word „itaker” is a term of Italian immigrants. The story is set in the sixties, and shows an individual off from Italy to Germany. The main character is a nine-year-old, orphaned by maternal boy who goes on a search for to find his immigrated father.

One day must go (Un giorno devi andare) – Thursday, November,7. – 8 p.m.

The tough drama. New works by the director leaves the boundaries of Italy and goes all the way to the Amazon jungles. The main character, Augusta result of a family tragedy makes him question his own life. A small boat embark on Amazon posts to discover the hidden depths of his own soul uncertainties.

It is strange that my name is Federico (Federico Che Strano chiamarsi) – Friday, November, 8. – 8 p.m.

The director focused fulfilling a “Small portrait of a mighty man”. Shows the early years, those times when Fellini arrived to Rome and was in the cartoon business within Marcus Aurelius team. The film is shown as a documentary as well by Scola. 70th Venice Film Festival.

Good morning, Dad! (Buongiorno Papa) – Saturday, November, 9. – 8 p.m.

A real classic and comedy at the same time made ​​by the Italian Cultural Institute in Mittel-cinema-fest. A Good morning, Dad! is a pure Hollywood story. Screening on December, 5.

Pinocchio (Pinocchio) – Sunday, November, 10.  –  4 p.m. and 6 p.m.

Within the Mittel-cinema-festen program kids will most probably enjoy one of the most famous Italian story called Pinocchio. Pretty sure needs no introduction, although in theory the new process differs from the others that followed very faithfully Carlo Collodi‘s original novel. The Pinocchio will pop-up at nationwide cinemas from November, 14.

Every day (Tutti i Santi Giorni) – Monday, November, 11. – 8 p.m.

Paolo Virzi has also been a filmography for some time and to hear his name for many wouldn’t be unknown, like works as: „Piero’s world” or „Life is in front of you”. Every day another scene of the Italian society. The two main characters, Gudi, as a night porter, Antonia working on day shifts at a car rental service. Their workings schedules makes it almost impossible to maintain a common life together. Kind of an everyday topics, but we were told, it is recommended to go and see the movie, because both characters have had been nominated for several awards as well.

A selection  from  the RIFF – Rome Independent Film Festival 2013. – Tuesday, November, 12.  – 6 p.m.

Films in Italian language with English subtitles.

Rope Dancers (Gli equilibristi) – Wednesday, November, 13. – 8 p.m.

Ivano De Matteo new movie actor-director also made ​​last year, which was presented at the 2012 Venice Film Festival. The success of his first new movie was primarily due to the conversion of a great protagonist. Valerio Mastandrea plays as 40-years old guy who lives with his wife and two children in peace. However, is a cheating mate and for surprising the society creates barriers to the extent to divorce and subsequent new life.

Long live freedom! (Viva la Libertá) – Thursday, November, 14. – 8 p.m.  

The organizers intended to mark the final piece of Mittel-cinema-fest with the  widely acclaimed movie at the Crystal Globe at Karlovy Vary film festival. Director Robert Ando up till now will be unknown to the Hungarian audience,now his movie coming to the Puskin Cinema will most probably catch the attention of those folks who are people interested in politics. The story focuses on the main opposition party’s secretary, who suddenly disappears after a protest movement. After the person’s circumvent unexpectedly the party’s popularity beings, and the mysteries surrounding the party’s secretary foreshadow a number of uncertainties.

In addition to the a/m list will also project a few minor films. The Bellas Mariposas playing at Sardinia and presents an 11-years old girl in crisis, on Tuesday, November, 12. – 8 p.m. The protagonist is about a 40-years old traveling alone Irene, who travels as a secret shopper, stays at a luxury hotel, but her life is absolutely empty beside her tours, on Saturday, November, 9. – 5 p.m. In addition to the feature-length film will have a selection of two short films: one participating at the Kalat Nissa Film Festival 2013, screening on Sunday, November, 10. – 8.30 p.m. The other shown at  the Rome Independent Film Festival 2013  and will be screening Tuesday, November, 12. – 6 p.m.

Update and snap by Aggie Reiter