Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now! 2006 / Friss levegő / Hungary 2006
A deep breath of Kaurismäkian deadpan, Fresh Air measures the deceptively wide emotional chasm between a neat-freak workaholic who cleans subway toilets and her quietly defiant daughter with ambitions to design clothing who’s more like her than either of them can imagine.
A deep breath of Kaurismakian deadpan, Fresh Air measures the deceptively wide emotional chasm between a neat-freak workaholic who cleans subway toilets and her quietly defiant daughter with ambitions to design clothing who’s more like her than either of them can imagine. First seen gently fending off a suitor at the Lost and Found Hearts singles gathering, Viola (Julia Nyako) lives quietly with daughter Angela (Izabella Hegyi) in a tidy flat. Leisurely yet precise narrative follows Angela’s ambitions to become a fashion designer with the help of pal Martina (Anita Turoczi). The interest of helmer Agnes Kocsis and co-scripter Andrea Roberti is so clearly on the eccentric rituals of mother and daughter that the film itself becomes as absorbing as their regimented lives.
109 min / Color, 35 mm
Director Ágnes Kocsis
/ Screenplay Andrea Roberti, Ágnes Kocsis
/ Dir. of Photography Ádám Fillenz
/ Music Bálint Kovács
/ Editor Tamás Kollányi
/ Producer Ferenc Pusztai
/ Production KMH FILM
/ Cast Izabella Hegyi, Júlia Nyakó, Anita Turóczi, Zoltán Kiss, Béla Stubny, Miklós Nagy
/ Contact National Film Institute Hungary, f for film
National Film Institute Hungary
Róna utca 174., 1145, Budapest
Hungary
Phone: +36 30 4414465, +36 146 113 20
f for film
11 rue Riquier, 27 200, Vernon
France
Phone: +33 2 325 405 96
E-mail: [email protected]
Annamária Basa
Ágnes Kocsis
Film Director
Csaba Papp
Film Institution Rep., PR & Marketing
Armin Marewski
Sales Agent
Ferenc Pusztai
Producer
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