Films in the making in 2007 Vol. 2

From Lányok to Vacancy

Anna Faur: Lányok

Anna Faur got the idea for her first film from the taxi driver murder on 21 November 1997(2 teenage girls knocked unconscious and kicked to death a taxi driver). However, Lányok, centering on the tragic encounter of two different, socially marginalised generations, is fictional.

Cast: Fulvia Collongues, Helene Francois, Sándor Zsótér, Roland Rába
Production: Hunnia Film Studio
Budget: 95 million forints


György Gát: Vuk 2

The story picks up where the first part left off. Old Vuk gets shot and falls into the hands of animal traders who sell him to a circus. Meanwhile Vuk's son falls in love with a trained vixen. Their goal is to free the enslaved animals, and, however surprising, there will be some help from humans, too.

Production: DYN Entertainment,  Magyar Rajzfilm Produkciós Iroda Kft. (Hungarian Animation Production Office Ltd., MA-RA)
Budget: 1.4 billion forints


Béla Ternovszky: Macskafogó (Cat City) 2

This story takes place twenty years after the appearance of the metal bulldog, and „unreformed” cats only survive in remote parts of the world. A journalist named Stanley heads out into the jungles of Africa to find Livingstone. There he gets caught up in perilous gangland games. Grabowsky will make an appearance, as will the four rats, and maybe even Lazy Dick…



András Vágvölgyi B.:Kolorádó Kid

Béla Kreuzer, who took an active role in the events of 1956, loves gambling. In 1959 through a bit of cunning he comes across a considerable sum. So he's reveling carefree with his friends, not knowing that the secret police are after him... András Vágvölgyi compared his newest film to Carol Reed's The Third Man.

Cast: Zsolt Nagy, Tibor Gáspár, Lilla Sárosdi, Zsuzsa Dedre
Production: Cameofilm

Béla Tarr: A londoni férfi (The man from London)

Maloin pursues his simple and aimless life by the sea. He gradually loses his contact with the outside world and his human relations wither. He becomes the witness of a murder which turns his life upside down. The line between crime and punishment, between innocence and complicity blurs... Béla Tarr's grandchildren will hear lots of interesting stories about the shooting of this film... Corsican adventures, the suicide of the French producer Humbert Balsan, battling with the coproduction partners. The shooting of A londoni férfi would deserve a film in itself. After a several-year ordeal the premiere is planned for this year's Cannes film festival.

Cast: Tilda Swinton, Miloslav Krobot, Derzsi János, Szirtes Ági, Lénárt István
Production: TT Film Studio
Budget: 6 million euros

Attila Árpa: A sólyom országa

Attila Árpa has promised an exciting animation after the action infused Argó. The story is set in the ancient capital of a medieval country. The wicked queen Lunarda reigns, not even suspecting that there is a revolt being planned against her. The crisis is deepened when a mysterious monster abducts all the children in the country...

Budget: 185 million forints

Koltai Lajos: Evening

After Sorstalanság Lajos Koltai is directing a women-centred drama. On her death bed the film's main character, Ann Grant, tells her daughters of the most defining events of her life. The college years, earlier personal relationships, and missed opportunities come to life.

Cast: Vanessa Redgrave, Glenn Close, Claire Daines, Meryl Streep
Production: Hart-Sharp Entertainment/Focus Film

Nimród Antal: Vacancy


A young couple's creepy night in a motel. The motel's TV shows snuff films, their settings eerily similar to the room where the couple are staying. After they discover hidden cameras they realise that they have been ”casted” to star in such a film. Nimród Antal's new film will debut in the US in April.

Cast: Luke Wilson, Kate Beckinsale
Production: Screen Gems Studio