Bence Fliegauf returns to Berlin with Forest - I See You Everywhere
- Produced by Fraktál Film and M&M Film, and sold by Films Boutique, the Hungarian director’s most recent opus will see him sail into the Berlinale for the 4th time
After scooping the Grand Jury Prize in Berlin 2012 courtesy of Just The Wind [+see also:
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This is the 7th full-length film offered up by the Hungarian director whose body of work includes the multi-award-winning work from 2004 Dealer, the experimental flick Milky Way (which triumphed in Locarno’s Filmmakers of the Present line-up in 2007) and the English language movie Womb [+see also:
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Kept under close wraps for the time being, the story unfolding within Forest - I See You Everywhere (which was written by Bence Fliegauf himself) takes place "within the feverish labyrinth of everyday life and relationships, featuring characters who are trying to get to the bottom of what is arguably the biggest secret of their lives: the other."
Standing tall among the cast are Eliza Sodró (crowned Best Actress during Hungarian Film Week 2020 thanks to Captives [+see also:
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Produced by Erno Mesterházy, Bence Fliegauf and Mónika Mécs on behalf of Fraktál Film and M&M Film, Forest - I See You Everywhere is co-produced by Ági Pataki and Gábor Kovacs for FilmPartners. The movie’s photography comes courtesy of Mátyás Gyuricza and Ákos Nyoszoli, whilst international sales are steered by Films Boutique (the German arm of French group Playtime).
(Translated from French)
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