Orsolya Tóth

  • Kornél Mundruczó – Szép napok AKA Pleasant Days (2002)

    2001-2010DramaHungaryKornél Mundruczó

    Kornél Mundruczó’s second feature uses improvisatory techniques and memorable imagery to tell this story of youngsters sweating out one summer in a small Hungarian town.

    Péter (Tamás Polgár) is just out of prison and is unenamoured with life on the outside. When he witnesses a woman secretly giving birth on the floor of a laundrette, it sets in motion a tricky emotional triangle composed of himself, the child’s mother Maja (Tóth Orsi) and his sister Marika (Kata Wéber), with whom he seems incestuously close.Read More »

  • Shirin Neshat – Zarin (2005)

    2001-2010ArthouseExperimentalIranShirin Neshat

    “Neshat spoke to The Stranger’s Jen Graves on Tuesday, by phone from her home in New York.

    I first want to talk about Zarin, the anorexic prostitute who hallucinates at the sight of her john, then flees to a women’s bath—a beautiful place, sparkling with dusty light—where she scrubs her own skin until she bleeds. A few years ago, I caught your short video portrait of her, and was never able to get her out of my mind. You’ve said her character feels the closest to you.Read More »

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