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EXPLANATION FOR EVERYTHING

by Gábor Reisz

synopsis

It's summer in Budapest, high school student Abel is struggling to focus on his final exams, whilst coming to the realisation that he is hopelessly in love with his best friend Janka. The studious Janka has her own unrequited love with married history teacher Jakab - who had a previous confrontation with Abel’s conservative father. The tensions of a polarised society come unexpectedly to the surface when Abel’s history graduation exam turns into a national scandal.

international title: Explanation for Everything
original title: Magyarázat mindenre
country: Hungary, Slovakia
sales agent: Films Boutique
year: 2023
genre: fiction
directed by: Gábor Reisz
film run: 152'
release date: HU 5/10/2023, FR 27/03/2024, IT 01/05/2024
screenplay: Gábor Reisz, Éva Schulze
cast: Gáspár Adonyi-Walsh, István Znamenák, András Rusznák, Rebeka Hatházi, Eliza Sodró, Lilla Kizlinger, Krisztina Urbanovits
cinematography by: Kristóf Becsey
film editing: Vanda Gorácz, Gábor Reisz
art director: Zsófia Tasnádi
costumes designer: Rebeka Hatházi
music: András Kálmán, Gábor Reisz
producer: Júlia Berkes, Mátyás Prikler
production: Proton Cinema, MPhilms Ltd.
distributor: Cirko Film, Memento Distribution, I Wonder Pictures

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