Most látszom, most nem látszom (2005)

Director:

Attila Szász

Writer:

Attila Szász (writer)

Genre:

Drama | Short | Thriller

Tagline:

What would you do if your child became invisible?

Plot:

It seemed like an ordinary day. Dad is experimenting in the lab, Mom is at home boiling water, while their six year old son...

Awards:

6 wins

Cast

Vitéz Ábrahám	...	Alex
Ernõ Fekete	...	Dad
Dóra Létay	...	Mom

Also Known As:

Now You See Me, Now You Don't (International: English title)

Runtime:

Hungary:30 min

Country:

Hungary

Language:

Hungarian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Budapest, Hungary

Company:

Extreme Film

Trivia:

This 30 minute short was shot in six days. The editing also took exactly six days - from first touch to final cut. Not a single frame was changed after that.

Quotes:

Mom: Whatever you've done to him, undo it.
Dad: I can't.

Beautiful, Crushing, and Haunting

Just saw this at the Cackalacky Film Festival in Charlotte, NC. It's hard to imagine a more concentrated and haunting portrait of dread (overwhelming all the way up to the revelation), grief, loss, fear, and isolation.

It's so potent that I can't imagine many people wanting to watch it several times - probably just twice in order to appreciate how they put everything together. This is the kind of movie that still delivers an emotional punch (right to the gut) when you think about it days (weeks? months?) later. The performances are subtle, nuanced, and powerful - very believable for this situation.

The filming and editing show great skill and an awareness of how and when to use jarring and "edgy" stuff **in order to serve the story and emotional arc** No flashy or pretentious "style for style's sake."

The short version of this all is: see this film. Not many other films (or songs, or paintings, etc.) have captured what "Now You See Me" captures. It is brave and true.