Eventually, Ăron tells his mother about Szabolcs, who in turn tells others, raising the ire of the conservative community. After a final sexual encounter, he mortally stabs Szabolcs in the chest and flees the farmhouse. Instead of calling the police, Szabolcs has Ăron help repair the house. He wants to take Szabi back to football but he is very clear that he cannot leave Aron and go. Ăron returns home to find his mother near death after he was not there to take care of her. Both young performersâMann and Tahanâdo excellent work as well.
There he meets Aron, who he catches while trying to steal his bike. I always reply to comments in a day or two. Through this blog, I want to give you genuine, my personal heart-felt review of the films that I see. Awakening to this new desire yet uncomfortable with the idea, Aron mentions to his invalid mother Mari Eniko Borcsok that Szabi felt him up and he allowed it to happen. If those character names are even real. Attentive to effects of light and shadow, Csaszi works beautifully with dusk and night shots that retain depth and warmth thanks to the full-bodied color hues offered by film stock. Disgusted, Mari tells others, and Szabi is viciously beaten by some locals.
As a result, a league scout leaves, he picks a fight with his best friend Bernard and quits the team. Similarly, the sexual tension between Bernard and Aron, because both of them want Szabi was also handled brilliantly. The homophobic scenes against both Szabi and Aron are quite graphic. In brief scene fragments we see his breezy rapport with his teammates â they get tattoos together, watch straight porn, and attempt to contain their pre-match nerves before a crucial faceoff. Set in rural Hungary, I recommend to be patient and enjoy the beauty, the cinematography and most importantly the cracking chemistry between the lead actors. Disgusted, Mari tells others, and Szabi is viciously beaten by some locals.
Its sad that whichever first world country you are living in, you may still encounter intense homophobia and similar heartbreaking stories, the moment you step out in the interiors. One night, he catches Ăron , a local from the nearby village who lives with and cares for his invalid mother, attempting to steal his scooter. I didn't agree with ĂdĂĄm CsĂĄszi's decision to alter the ending while still saying it's based on a true story. The feature film debut of director , the film had its debut at the. Opposing his father's wishes, he moves to his Grandfather's old house in the country, determined to fix it up and keep bees. He is a member of the Boston Society of Film Critics and the National Society of Film Critics. In less accomplished hands, much of this might be standard-issue gay drama dominated by angst.
Both Szabolcs and Aron endure separate experiences of violence as word gets out about them. However, a fresh problem arrives when Bernard turns up, declaring the affections he kept concealed in Germany. The romantic triangle becomes almost idyllic for a time, infused with tenderness, but jealousy and external forces quickly intrude. CsĂĄszi's confidently unchaste tale about forbidden desires in the disobliging environs of rural Hungary commendably never shies away from the sexuality at the core of its story, all the while never succumbing to gratuitous overt eroticism. Hungarian Szabolcs, nicknamed Szabi Andras Suto , is a star player on a German team awash in the usual athletic machismo. You will receive a weekly newsletter full of movie-related tidbits, articles, trailers, even the occasional streamable movie. Rights to the film, which is the first Solstice Studios movie to go into production, will go on sale next week at the Cannes Film Festival.
I didn't think he would murder Szabolcs. He returns to a dilapidated family home in rural Hungary to farm bees instead. Camera color, 35mm , Marcell Rev; editors, Tamas Kollanyi, Julia Hack; music, Csaba Kalotas; production designer, Nora Takacs; costume designer, Klara Kalicz; sound, Gyorgy Rajna, Gabor Balazs, Saint Audio, Tamas Beke; assistant director, Laszlo Kadar; casting, Csaszi, Erzsebet Racz. However, there's something about this overtly masculine environment that doesn't suit this young footballing prodigy, and after an argument with his manager over a merited red card, he decides to return to Hungary in search of a new life. Even the film's subtle swipe at the paradoxical homophobia in the testosterone fuelled world of sport has been represent in Tomasz Wasilewski's clinical sophomore effort, Floating Skyscrapers 2013. Also I found a reuters article that suggests Ăron murdered both Szabolcs and Bernard but I think that is inaccurate. It sure kept me awake and glued at an 8:30 a.
Director ĂdĂĄm CsĂĄszi chose to concentrate on what the characters hide, revealing truths subtly rather than through visuals or dialogue, and all three actors give exceptionally strong performances. Equally praiseworthy is the superb lensing by Marcell Rev, vividly realized in scene after scene that impresses with bold compositions and well-considered angles. We have plenty of out-in-the-open threads with spoilers, as long as there's a warning. Szabo's manager sees Szabo's potential, and rides him hard, determined to get the best out of him. Awakening to this new desire yet uncomfortable with the idea, Aron mentions to his invalid mother Mari Eniko Borcsok that Szabi felt him up and he allowed it to happen. With: Andras Suto, Adam Varga, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Eniko Borcsok, Lajos Otto Horvath, Zita Teby, Uwe Lauer, Kristof Horvath. These are my personal thoughts and opinions about the films and I would love to hear your thoughts on these films as well.
Then the locals start to react to the threesome. The film is intense and slow, so you really have to be mentally prepared to watch this film, otherwise it is very easy to get uneasy. The situation is complicated when Bernard Sebastian Urzendowsky , Szabolcs' former roommate in Germany, arrives to convince him to return to football training. That ending messed with me! Their eyes speak so much. After he is also assaulted by his friends and criticized by his mother, he moves in with Szabolcs. How will he move on with his life? Stab gets beaten up badly by the town boys. Please help me make my blog more popular by becoming a member, following it and by recommending it to your friends.
The Ebert Club is our hand-picked selection of content for Ebert fans. Right click and select 'save image as. He chooses a path that punches you in the stomach. Description Actors : AndrĂĄs SĂŒtö, Sebastian Urzendowsky, ĂdĂĄm Varga Director : ĂdĂĄm CsĂĄszi From Gay Essential In the 2014 Hungarian drama directed by ĂdĂĄm CsĂĄszi, Land of Storms Viharsarok , two best friends named Szabolcs and Bernard are playing football for the same club in Germany. The sensual love-making scenes are so well done. If not for the brilliant acting and equally brilliant direction, this film could have easily become a big bore.
Rocket Science will finance the film and launch international sales at Cannes next week. Eventually the community sentiment turns against Ăron as well. Unfolding mainly in lonely rural flatlands that seem to belong to a forgotten Europe, the film is emotionally and erotically charged yet free from melodrama, even when it moves inexorably toward the somewhat inevitable martyrdom of one of its characters. . Though while Szabolcs acts on the impulse, Aron initially hides behind his drunkenness to stay outside the experience.