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26 th 09. / 19:15

DELTA feature film. 91’

Director: Kornel Mundruczo Writer: Yvette Biro, Kornel Mundruczo Stars: Felix Lajko, Orsolya Toth, Lili Monori, Sandor Caspar Music: Felix Lajko, Orsolya Toth Country: Hungary DVD colour, 2008

Film and theatre director, scriptwriter and actor, Kernel Mundruczo (known to Bitef audience by his performance Frankenstein Project, presented at 4A th Bitef, and his performance Hard to Be a God, which is a part of this year selection) has made more than ten films which have been presented at numerous festivals and received many prizes. The film Delta has partially been made in Romania in the Danube delta. The director's main focus is the connection between the man and the nature, the divergence of waterways and human ways, and human deviation that main characters are trying to escape but, as it eventually turns out, unsuccessfully. When the film was half-finished, the main actor Lajos Bertok suddenly died which put the production on hold. Eventually, the main role was given to Felix Lajko, while the role of the mother is played by Lili Monori. The major part of the previously filmed material turned out to be useless, so most scenes had to be filmed again.

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