Filming kicks off on Péter Bergendy's Post Mortem
- The filmmaker gets to work on a ghost film set in Post-World War Hungary. A Szupermodern Studio Budapest production sold by HNFF
Filming kicked off on Péter Bergendy's Post Mortem [+see also:
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Written by Piros Zánkay (based on a story he developed with Péter Bergendy and Gábor Hellebrandt), the screenplay is based on a fantasy film premise. As a result of the destruction caused by World War I and the Spanish Flu, countless spirits have become stranded in our world. Tomás, the young, wandering, post mortem photographer, ends up in a small Hungarian village during the freezing winter of 1918, after meeting a ten year-old orphan girl, Anna. He decides to investigate the ghosts' intentions and look for a way to get free of them and Anna accompanies him through all the dangers on their exciting exploration...
Produced by Tamás Lajos and Abel Köves for Szupermodern Studio Budapest, Post Mortem received financing from the Hungarian National Film Fund, which will also manage international sales. The 41-day shoot – due to wrap up at the end of February 2019 – will take place primarily at the Hungarian Open Air Museum in Szentendre, with some special scenes due to take place at Studio 4 and in the backlot of Mafilm Studios. The film's theatrical release is scheduled for October 2020.
(Translated from French)
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