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ENGEDETLEN

RELENTLESS

Zoltán Moll
Hungary, 2018, 84 Min

An independent film about the trials and tribulations of falling in love which skilfully captures a desire for love that would always appear to fade at the very moment when it has been satisfied.

Bálint is 18 and on his summer holidays. After a long party by the river he makes love to a girl in a car. On the way back to the city he meets Eszter, to whom he immediately takes a liking. She behaves mysteriously and remains non-committal, thus he has to go without her mobile number. How convenient then that Fruzsi is waiting for him at the next party. He is always on the lookout, constantly starting new relationships and ending older ones. Only when he re-encounters Eszter in Budapest does Bálint display genuine passion. She is already in a relationship however ...

Always close to the action, director Zoltán Moll captures the emotional ups and downs of adolescents in a manner that is playful and resplendent in shimmering colours, a sentiment emphasised by the film's indie-pop soundtrack. RELENTLESS, an independent pearl of contemporary Hungarian filmmaking, follows in a long tradition of Hungarian coming-of-age films which range from the classic MOSZKVA TÉR (2001) by Ferenc Török to Gábor Reisz' FOR SOME INEXPLICABLE REASON (FFC 2014). Moll captures the authentic attitude towards life of young Hungarians who, struggle with their inner conflicts as they may, remain strangely apolitical and passive. JT

Filmformat
DCP | Farbe / Colour
Drehbuch
Zoltán Moll
Kamera
Márk Györi
Ton
Levente Udud
Schnitt
Wanda Kiss
Ausstattung
Petra Vinnai
Musik
Zoltán Szöke
Darsteller
Balint Bagossy, Eszter Demecs, Fruzsina Czvetkó
Produzent
Istvan Major
Produktion
Filmteam
Kontakt
Filmteam
Dorottya Fabian
dotya@filmteam.hu
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Zoltán Moll

Zoltán Moll - born in 1974, he studied at the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest and worked for many years as a screenwriter for television and on documentaries. He also lived in France for several years, shooting documentaries for French television. RELENTLESS is his first full-length feature film.

Movies
MÉRIADECK (2012, short)
VÍZIVÁROS (2017)