Friss Levegő DVD 2006 Fresh Air / Directed by Kocsis Ágnes / Starring: Hegyi Izabella, Nyakó Júlia, Turóczi Anita, Kiss Zoltán

European Film Award for European Discovery of the Year

UPC 5996357343202 / 5999010405613

REGION 2 PAL DVD  

MADE IN HUNGARY

AUDIO: Hungarian 2.0, Hungarian 5.1

SUBTITLES: ENGLISH, HUNGARIAN, FRENCH, ITALIAN, SPANISH, RUSSIAN, POLISH

Runtime: 109 minutes

English Summary:

Fresh Air (Friss levegő)

(2006, feature, 35mm, color, 109 minutes, 1:1,85, DolbySRD)
First feature

Viola is still a beautiful woman. Angéla is ashamed of her mother.
Communication between them has become almost impossible.
They are together only to watch their favourite television series; they never miss an episode.
Probably, in secret, they both are in love with the protagonist.
Viola works where no one else wants to. She is looking for a real man whom she could love.
Angéla would like to design nice dresses. She desires something different. Another life.
Fresh air.

2006 - Pécs International Film Celebration: Golden Benjamin Award

The feature film debut Fresh Air wonderfully portrays an impossible mother-daughter relationship against the background of contemporary small-town life in Hungary. Both the mother (in her forties, no husband) and her teenage daughter are painfully lonesome but would never openly admit it to each other, or to the outside world.

The mother, who works as a toilet lady, seeks her way out of loneliness by secretly meeting men she finds from ads. Her life is full of routines and seems lacking perspective of any significant kind. The mother's routines irritate her daughter, who seems to be ashamed of her mother's job. The daughter always opens all the windows and doors when her mother comes home. There is no man around until a new admirer of the daughter appears on the scene. The tension between the two women can be felt and cut, but there is also a moment of intimacy when they watch an Italian soap together on TV. It is not only their flat that needs some fresh air.

This psychological drama offers aesthetic camerawork and a lifelike pace, which both enrich the atmosphere. A unique journey to the loneliness of souls in the modern world and a great challenge in mirroring such a unique relationship, this film is touching and funny at the same time.

Hungarian Summary

Viola még mindig nagyon szép nő. Angéla szégyelli Violát. A kommunikáció közöttük már szinte lehetetlenné vált. Csak a kedvenc sorozatukat nézik mindig együtt, soha nem mulasztanak el egy részt sem. Valószínűleg titkon mindketten szerelmesek a főszereplőbe. Viola ott dolgozik, ahol senki sem akar dolgozni. Keresi az igazi férfit, akit szeretni tudna. Angéla szép ruhákat szeretne tervezni. Valami másra vágyik. Egy másik életre. Friss levegőre.

Szereplők / Cast