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A forradalom arca – Egy pesti lány nyomában (The Face of the Revolution – In Search of a Budapest Girl)
Film
Title of the film
Original title:
A forradalom arca – Egy pesti lány nyomában
English title:
The Face of the Revolution – In Search of a Budapest Girl
Hungarian title:
A forradalom arca – Egy pesti lány nyomában
Production and shooting info
Country of the production:
Hungary - hu
Year of production:
from 2003 to 2006
Year of shooting:
from 2003 to 2006
Length of the film:
71 min
Colouring:
colour
Recording format:
DVCAM
Original language:
French
English
Hungarian
Language of subtitle:
English
Hungarian
Description of the content
The November 10th issue of ’Paris Match’ in 1956, featured a report on the Hungarian revolution. The special coverage opened with a photograph taken on October 30, on Budapest’s Múzeum Boulevard. Forty-five years later, Hungarian historian Eszter Balázs and French journalist Phil Casoar decided to track down the young couple seen in the picture. Who are they? Have they survived the revolution? If yes, is it possible to find them after all these years? The film follows their search for answers, during years of investigation, they came across photos and facts primarily about the life of the young girl, and so, it is her story through which our documentary depicts the way the revolution influenced and formed everyday people’s lives. The picture, that captured a single moment, was to shape the entire life of this girl. The fact that it was published in the French paper was an important factor in that she had to leave the country after the revolution was violently put down. Abroad, thanks to the same photo, she became a familiar figure among the refugees. She tried to live up to the image drawn by the newspaper articles – the title of the Paris Match report was indeed Heroes of Budapest –, thus for her whole life she remained the hero of the revolution in the eyes of the people around her. In the film, friends, family, and eyewitnesses tell us about her life, the photographer who took the picture, that set their lives into motion, also appears.
Credits
Director:
Attila Kékesi
Film idea by:
Phil Casoar
Eszter Balázs
Screenplay:
Attila Kékesi
Phil Casoar
Eszter Balázs
Music composer:
Ferenc Darvas
Producer:
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Attila Kékesi
Dramaturg:
Noémi Blastik
Cinematographer:
Attila Kékesi
Editor:
Attila Kékesi
Sound:
Alex Hunyadi
Assistant director:
Csilla Temesvári
Közreműködő:
Gergely Kocsis
Special effects:
Miklós Falvay
Company / Institution
Production:
Tapioca Films (Tapioca Films Sas.)
Arted Stúdió (Arted Művészeti Stúdió Kft.)
Ethnicity and locality
Etnic group:
Hungarian
Continent:
East Europe
Country:
Hungary - hu
Tipology
Type:
non-fiction film
Form:
documentary film
Related sciences
Social science:
history
Keyword:
walk of life
migration
war
Documents
dialoguelist
Photos
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