Budapest (2009)

José Costa is a Brazilian ghost writer. Returning from a ghost writers convention his airplane is rerouted to Budapest. His life is also rerouted when he meets Krista and with her help, ... See full summary »

Director:

Walter Carvalho

Writers:

Rita Buzzar (screenplay), Chico Buarque de Hollanda (novel)

Stars:

Leonardo Medeiros, Gabriella Hámori, Giovanna Antonelli

10 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Leonardo Medeiros	...	José Costa
Gabriella Hámori	...	Kriszta
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Giovanna Antonelli	...	Vanda
Andrea Balogh	...	Shorthand-writer
Nicolau Breyner	...	French Ghost Writer
András Bálint
Ivo Canelas	...	Álvaro
Antonie Kamerling	...	Kaspar
Karina Kecskés
Péter Kálloy Molnár
Débora Nascimento	...	Teresa
Paola Oliveira	...	Mulher amada
Tamás Puskás
Ádám Rajhona

Storyline

José Costa is a Brazilian ghost writer. Returning from a ghost writers convention his airplane is rerouted to Budapest. His life is also rerouted when he meets Krista and with her help, learns "the only language in the world which, according to the tongue-wagers, the devil respects".

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Plot Keywords:

ghost writer | nudity | writing on someone | book | roller skates | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [hu]

Country:

Hungary Brazil Portugal

Language:

Hungarian Portuguese

Release Date:

22 May 2009 (Brazil)

Also Known As:

Budapeste

Filming Locations:

Budapest, Hungary

Box Office

Budget:

€2,300,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nexus Cinema e Vídeo, Eurofilm Stúdió, Stopline Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

User Reviews

Doesn't matter if a movie faithfully followed the book

This is not a statement on making a good movie. There are cases where it is quite different from the book, but resulting in a success as "The Shining", "Amadeus", "Le due vite di Mattia Pascal" among others.

Budapest is extremely presumptuous. I'm not criticizing the slow pace, non-commercial edition and plot, since these are characteristics of quality in many movies. The problem is about a very unconvincing story, with no original arguments. The hostile relationship between writer and his ghost writer has already been addressed before in some movies. Recently, Claude Lelouch's "Roman de gare" show it in a different way, but much more convincing.

The film is a set of sentences that have just intention to create impact as "Drunk the water you had been using to wash your clothes" It's remember that presumptuous attitude of some intellectuals who say things without any sense. when someone pose a question on it, the answer is always pointing to the fact that only those who have the same intellectual level can understand their ideas.

Leonardo Medeiros is a "bis in idem" in his interpretations(Roles). Always the same: eager, strong, arrogance flowing from a clear sense of superiority. Attitude of those who think that they are always doing the right thing. Very similar to what he has done in "Cabra-Cega" among others movies. (Quote on March 2011 - Leonardo Medeiros did a completely different role in "Não é por acaso". Really good movie, in some parts because of his interpretation)

The sum up is a movie in which you've got yourself full of boredom, since you are following through almost 2 hour a character full of contradictions, arrogant, which does not bring anything new to be noted.