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It's Not the Time of My Life Ernelláék Farkaséknál

Szabolcs Hajdu / Hungary / 2016 / 81 min / Hungarian

For his intimate examination of the workings of two families compelled to live together in a single household, Hajdu employed no fewer than 13 cinematographers. Best Film Award at Karlovy Vary 2016.

A year ago Ernella, Albert and their 10-year-old daughter Laura left the country for a better life. Having their ambitions frustrated, they come back from Scotland. In the middle of the night they turn up at Eszter’s, Enella’s sister. Eszter, her husband Farkas and their 5-year-old son Bruno live in better circumstances than Ernella's family who struggle with serious financial problems. Never in real harmony with each other, the family members confront each other, and the uneasy family-time brings long-hidden tensions to the surface.

“Hajdu's latest, adapted from his own play, is a frequently familiar family drama that unfolds entirely within a single bourgeois apartment and that, in its best moments, recalls the intimate works of independent filmmakers such as Bergman and Cassavetes. /.../ Despite its origins and single set, the material never feels stage-bound, with the fluid cinematography always staying close to the characters. The look is also surprisingly coherent, especially when considering that it was shot by no less than 13 not very experienced cinematographers, reportedly all film-school students of Hajdu’s who each got assigned a sequence.” (Boyd van Hoeij, The Hollywood Reporter)

Szabolcs Hajdu
Born in 1972 in Debrecen, Hungary. Graduated from the University of Drama and Film in Budapest. A film and stage director, screenwriter and actor, Hajdu has been teaching acting and film direction at university workshops in a number of countries.

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