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 |