Balint Szentgyorgyi has been shooting his first feature film, the Hitchcockian thriller Egyke, since 28 September. Having previously created and directed The Informant [+lire aussi :
interview : Bálint Szentgyörgyi
fiche série] (named Best Series at the 2023 Hungarian Film Awards), the filmmaker has also helmed three episodes of the King and Conqueror series (streaming on Amazon Prime Video and the BBC website), among other accolades.

The cast is led by Attila Vidnyánszky Jr. (crowned Best Actor at the 2016 Hungarian Film Awards for Home Guards [+lire aussi :
bande-annonce
fiche film] and likewise well-received in Blockade [+lire aussi :
bande-annonce
fiche film]).

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Written by Norbert Köbli (The Exam [+lire aussi :
critique
fiche film], The Ambassador to Bern [+lire aussi :
bande-annonce
fiche film], Demimonde [+lire aussi :
bande-annonce
fiche film], The Game [+lire aussi :
bande-annonce
fiche film], Blockade), the story revolves around a childless couple from Budapest who travel to a rented holiday home in the countryside, cut off the from the rest of the world. Upon arriving in this house hidden at the heart of a forest, they have a strange experience: an adolescent approaches them and insists that they’re his parents…

Egyke is produced by Gabriella Illés and Norbert Köbli on behalf of TulipánTündér Productions, and enjoys support from the National Film Institute Hungary. The 33-day film shoot will proceed in Budapest and the surrounding area, with Péter Szatmári (Womb [+lire aussi :
bande-annonce
fiche film], Liza, the Fox-Fairy [+lire aussi :
critique
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interview : Karoly Ujj Mészáros
fiche film]) heading up photography and with a wrap date of 18 November. Distribution in Hungarian cinemas will fall to Vertigo, while world sales are currently under negotiation.