KAKTUSZEMBER

Cactusman
Olivér Rudolf
H, 2023, col., 47’
Hungarian o.v.

International Premiere

Tibor has been in love with Alíz from the first time she took her clothes to his laundry. It was a Tuesday, it was raining. Her wet hair stuck to her forehead. The man would rather never wash Alíz’s clothes, because they smell like lilacs.
Romantic and surreal melodrama in three acts.

Melodrama in three acts. Tibor has been in love with Alíz from the first time she took her clothes to his laundry. It was a Tuesday, it was raining. Her wet hair stuck to her forehead. The man would rather never wash Alíz’s clothes, because they smell like lilacs.

“I wanted to make a film about two elder people who are desperately longing for affection. It’s an absurd melodrama about two very different people, bound together by their loneliness.” (O. Rudolf)

Sceneggiatura / Screenplay: Olivér Rudolf
Fotografia / Photography: Dániel Császár
Montaggio / Editing Máté Balogh
Musica / Music: Olivér Rudolf, Gyula Csapó
Suono / Sound: Péter Balogh, Janka Kovács, Richárd Endrédi, Bertalan Kertész, Márk Gyula, Nándor Budai
Scenografia / Art Director: Borbála Hakkel
Costumi / Costume Designer: Fanni Faludy
Interpreti / Cast: Mari Kiss, Károly Tóth, Lajos Szűcs, Gábor Dióssy
Produzione / Produced by: Kino Alfa (Genovéva Petrovits)
Coproduzione / Co-produced by: FreeSzFE Egyesület
In collaborazione con / In cooperation with: Látókép Production, VisionTeam, FilmFabriq, Kinomoto, Mozinet, Barnabás Tóth-Justh
Con il sostegno di / Supported by: Goethe Institute Hungary

Olivér Rudolf
Film director Olivér Rudolf was born in 1991 in Budapest. In 2019 he graduated in film directing from the University of Theatre and Film Arts, Budapest (SzFE) and later, thanks to a partnership with the Filmakademie Wien, he completed his studies at FreeSzFE Society in 2023. He directed and wrote several short films, including Fonica M-120, selected for Cannes Cinéfondation and for the Student Film section of the Sarajevo FF in 2021. Currently he is working on his first feature film.

Selected filmography
2019 Emma cm / sf 2020 Minden este, mikor leviszed a szemetet (Every Night, When You Take the Garbage Out) cm / sf: Premi / Awards: Friss Hús Budapest Short FF – Migliore attrice / Best Actress 2021 Fonica M-120 cm / sf 2023 Kaktuszember mm / ml

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