SLEEPWALKERS

WEDNESDAY 5 NOVEMBER AT MIDDAY UGC HAYMARKET SCREEN 2

Country Hungary Running Time 105 mins Format 35mm Dir Bence Miklauzic Prods Hunnia Filmst
xdi ¬, Chaplin Film S'play Bal"zs Maruszki, Bence Miklauzic DoP M"rton Miklauzic Cast Gy"rgy Gazs ¬, Eszter M"rk ¬, P»ter L"szl ¬, Csaba Pindroch, S"ndor Alm"si Print Source Hunnia Filmst
xdi ¬ E hunnia-f@elender.hu

After a kinetic and highly promising pre-title sequence, the film follows three oddball characters as they wander through the streets of Budapest. The capital is beautifully photographed in a style reminiscent of early Luc Besson. The three individuals' paths intersect via some weird situations until they finally end up locked in the same police cell. Sandor, an older salesman effortlessly attracts problem after problem - he is fired, arrested and his van gets grafittied then demolished. Eszter Marko plays a cigarette girl who is also having a bad night. She's never in the right place any time and her boss and her brother are constantly on her back. The trio is completed by Peter Laszlo, who unknowingly causes mayhem right from the beginning. The characters are sleepwalking their way through the streets of an urban jungle, offering a spot-on snapshot of modern Hungary.

This is Bence Miklauzevic's first movie as a director and it's a promising start. He says that there is no difference between a commercially entertaining movie and an art film in Hungarian cinema today. This movie is a balancing act between the two - and another brave step in the revival of Hungarian cinema. AK

This is Bence Miklauzic's first feature. Miklauzic belongs to the young generation of Hungarian filmmakers that have appeared in the last three years with such gifted and widely acclaimed debut films as Hukkle, Forrest and Pleasant Days.