SYNOPSIS
Slomó has twins born in a travelling circus in the early 1900’s. Following
their father’s profession the children become popular circus artists.
They often appear in the circus ring together as clowns, acrobats, or
even as illusionists. In the first half of the fifties one of their bold jokes
put on at the gala performance of the Great Circus has a tragic ending.
Although Naphtalene is responsible for what happened, it is still Dodo
that gets punished: he is prisoned, and the twins are separated for
years.
On 23rd October 1956 Naphtalene, who is working as a prop man in a
theatre in the countryside involuntarily becomes the central figure of the
events of the revolution. The next day he sets off to free his brother…
Through portraying the life of the twins this lyrical story with a lot of
humour holds up a mirror of ever-valid alternatives of slavery or
freedom. Should people remain loyal to ideals re-presented by their
fathers or should they drift along without making decisions about life?
How should challenges be responded to when they are imposed upon
people by history affecting their lives again and again?
Festivals:
2006 - Porto FANTASPORTO
2006 - Tiburon International Film Festival
2005 - Barcelona Festival de Cinema Politic (in competition)
2005 - Calcutta International Film Festival
2005 - Chicago EU Film Festival
2005 - Lagów International Film Festival (in competition)
2005 - Los Angeles Hungarian Film Festival
2005 - Maine International Film Festival
2005 - Palic International Film Festival
2005 - Săo Paulo International Film Festival
Slomó has twins born in a travelling circus in the early 1900’s. Following
their father’s profession the children become popular circus artists.
They often appear in the circus ring together as clowns, acrobats, or
even as illusionists. In the first half of the fifties one of their bold jokes
put on at the gala performance of the Great Circus has a tragic ending.
Although Naphtalene is responsible for what happened, it is still Dodo
that gets punished: he is prisoned, and the twins are separated for
years.
On 23rd October 1956 Naphtalene, who is working as a prop man in a
theatre in the countryside involuntarily becomes the central figure of the
events of the revolution. The next day he sets off to free his brother…
Through portraying the life of the twins this lyrical story with a lot of
humour holds up a mirror of ever-valid alternatives of slavery or
freedom. Should people remain loyal to ideals re-presented by their
fathers or should they drift along without making decisions about life?
How should challenges be responded to when they are imposed upon
people by history affecting their lives again and again?
Festivals:
2006 - Porto FANTASPORTO
2006 - Tiburon International Film Festival
2005 - Barcelona Festival de Cinema Politic (in competition)
2005 - Calcutta International Film Festival
2005 - Chicago EU Film Festival
2005 - Lagów International Film Festival (in competition)
2005 - Los Angeles Hungarian Film Festival
2005 - Maine International Film Festival
2005 - Palic International Film Festival
2005 - Săo Paulo International Film Festival
Colossal Sensation
Dodo and Naphthalene
(2004, feature film, 35mm, colour, 95 min.)
Director: Róbert Koltai
Screenplay: Péter Horváth, Róbert Koltai
Photography: Balázs Márton
Editor: Marianna Miklós
Set design: Péter Horgas
Costumes: Györgyi Szakács
Sound: Attila Madaras
Music: László Dés, Viktor Havasy, Jenő Huszka
Production company: Filmsziget Művészeti Kft.
Producer: Gábor Koltai P.
Cast: Ferenc Bács, Gyula Bodrogi, Sándor
Gáspár, Anna Györgyi, István Iglódi, Jiři Menzel
Róbert Koltai, János Kulka, Xénia Molnár
Zoltán Nyári, Réka Pelsőczy, Orsi Tóth
Mónika Ullmann
Dodo and Naphthalene
(2004, feature film, 35mm, colour, 95 min.)
Director: Róbert Koltai
Screenplay: Péter Horváth, Róbert Koltai
Photography: Balázs Márton
Editor: Marianna Miklós
Set design: Péter Horgas
Costumes: Györgyi Szakács
Sound: Attila Madaras
Music: László Dés, Viktor Havasy, Jenő Huszka
Production company: Filmsziget Művészeti Kft.
Producer: Gábor Koltai P.
Cast: Ferenc Bács, Gyula Bodrogi, Sándor
Gáspár, Anna Györgyi, István Iglódi, Jiři Menzel
Róbert Koltai, János Kulka, Xénia Molnár
Zoltán Nyári, Réka Pelsőczy, Orsi Tóth
Mónika Ullmann
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