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GENTLE

20.03.2024

Hungary, Germany, 2022, 93

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  • Director: Anna Nemes, László Csuja
  • Screenplay: Anna Nemes, László Csuja
  • Cinematography: Zágon Nagy
  • Editing: Attila Csabai HSE
  • MusicTamás Kreiner
  • Production: FocusFox Studio, Komplizen Film
  • Cast: Eszter Csonka, György Turós, Csaba Krisztik
  • 2022 Raindance FF: Best Debut Feature
  • 2022 Brussels FF: Audience Award - Directors' WeDirectors'CI Award
  • 2022 Palic FF: Special Mention

      

Recap

Edina, a female bodybuilder, is ready to sacrifice everything for her dream of winning Miss Olympia, an ambition she shares with her life partner and trainer, Adam. The unusual love she encounters on her journey allows her to decipher the difference between her dreams and her true self.

Director

László Csuja

Since 2015, László Csuja has taught at the University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest. He is also a film director known for Gentle, nominated at Sundance, and winner of the Directors' Week at the Brussels Film Festival as well as Blossom Valley (2018), which won the Special Jury Prize at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival.

Anna Nemes

Anna Nemes is a multi-talented artist who works in both painting and film. Her first fiction film, 'Gentle,' premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was the first Hungarian feature film to be selected for the festival's competition program. Anna's latest film, 'Beauty Of The Beast,' is an essay-documentary that explores the world of female bodybuilding. The film was recently screened at the Sarajevo Film Festival.

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