Wild Roots couronné meilleur film hongrois de l’année

par Fabien Lemercier

13/06/2022 - Le 1er long de Hajni Kis remporte le titre majeur des Hungarian Motion Picture Awards. Gabriella Hámori se distingue avec les prix de la meilleure actrice et du meilleur second rôle

Wild Roots couronné meilleur film hongrois de l’année

La réalisatrice Hajni Kis et le Commissaire du Gouvernement pour le développement de l'industrie cinématographique hongroise Csaba Kael sur scène

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Handed out at the end of the Hungarian Motion Picture Festival, the Hungarian Motion Picture Awards, bestowed upon the best Hungarian productions of the past year, have crowned Wild Roots [+lire aussi :
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Equally noteworthy on the winners’ list is Gabriella Hámori, who nabbed no less than two prizes in the form of the award for Best Actress, thanks to her performance in As Far as I Know [+lire aussi :
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Last but not least, five prizes were won by Ildikó Enyedi’s The Story of My Wife [+lire aussi :
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