Bálint Dániel Sós has been shooting his first feature film, Growing Down, since 14 November.

The cast is led by the eye-catching name of Szabolcs Hajdu (well-received for his acting performances, especially in his own films, It’s Not the Time of My Life [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Szabolcs Hajdu
scheda film], which won the Crystal Globe in Karlovy Vary 2016, and Treasure City [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
scheda film], as well as in Land of Warm Waters). Starring alongside him are youngsters Ágoston Sáfrány (glimpsed in Post Mortem [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
scheda film]), Milán Zikkert and Jakab-Aponyi Zonga. Anna Háy is also in on the action, together with Zoltán Friedenthál (remarked upon in Things Worth Weeping For [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Cristina Grosan
scheda film]), Zsófia Szamosi (crowned Best Actress during Hungarian Film Week, both in 2017 and 2019, courtesy of Strangled [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
scheda film] and One Day [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Zsófia Szilágyi
scheda film]), Eliza Sodró (Toxikoma [+leggi anche:
recensione
scheda film]), Péter Galambos and Robert Kardos.

Written by Dániel Bálint Sós and Gergő V. Nagy (His Master’s Voice [+leggi anche:
trailer
scheda film], Deva [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: Petra Szőcs
scheda film], Blossom Valley [+leggi anche:
recensione
trailer
intervista: László Csuja
scheda film]), the story explores the moral dilemma of a father who is the sole witness to an accident caused by his own son and has to decide between accepting the burden of the truth (putting the life of his child at risk) or lying and deceiving his loved ones.

Growing Down is produced by Zoltán Mártonffy and Ádám Farkas on behalf of CineSuper and enjoyed support from the Hungarian National Film Institute’s Incubator programme. The 28-day film shoot will press on until 8 January in Budapest, Hévíz and Salgótarján, with Kristóf M. Deák heading up photography. International sales are still under negotiation.