On Body and Soul (2017)

When slaughterhouse workers Endre and Mária discover they share the same dreams - where they meet in a forest as deer and fall in love - they decide to make their dreams come true but it's difficult in real life.

Director:

Ildikó Enyedi

Writer:

Ildikó Enyedi

Stars:

Géza Morcsányi, Alexandra Borbély, Zoltán Schneider

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 16 wins & 14 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Géza Morcsányi	...	Endre (as Morcsányi Géza)
Alexandra Borbély	...	Mária
Zoltán Schneider	...	Jenö
Ervin Nagy	...	Sanyi
Tamás Jordán	...	Mária's doctor
Zsuzsa Járó	...	Zsuzsa
Réka Tenki	...	Klára
Júlia Nyakó	...	Rózsi
Itala Békés	...	Zsóka
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Éva Bata	...	Köves Jutka
Zsófi Bódi	...	Piroska
Hanna Csata	...	Kissing girl
István Dankó	...	Salesman (cd store)
Annamária Fodor	...	Saleswoman (telephone store)
Attila Fritz	...	Peti

Storyline

On the outskirts of Budapest, the ageing recluse, Endre, is the reserved and saturnine manager of a small abattoir, who is used to hiding his disabled left arm along with his emotions behind a busy schedule. And then, unexpectedly, the loner's eye is caught by a shy and graceful newcomer in the office; the young Mária, the plant's cryptic and glacially beautiful quality-control inspector. Strange as it may seem, the slaughterhouse will provide the unorthodox background for a timid affair between the tender outcasts, who, even though they seem to be polar opposites, a small theft within the company's walls will prove that those two definitely share an eerie and almost spiritual bond. However, are the two dreamers, Endre and Mária, ready to embrace the catharsis of love on both body and soul?

---

Plot Keywords:

written by director | psychologist | dream | dream sequence | suicide attempt | 

---

Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Romance

---

Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

official port.hu site Official site [Germany]

Country:

Hungary

Language:

Hungarian

Release Date:

2 February 2018 (USA)

Also Known As:

On Body and Soul

Filming Locations:

Hungary

Company Credits

Production Co:

Inforg-M&M Film Kft.,Hungarian National Film Fund

Technical Specs

Runtime:

116 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Géza Morcsányi had never acted before and is in fact the director of the biggest literary publishing house in Hungary.

---

Crazy Credits

Closing credits: "Some animals were harmed during filming, but none of them for the sake of this film..."

---

Connections

Referenced in Evening Urgant: Samy Naceri (2017)

---

Soundtracks

Nem Tudok Elni Nelkuled
Written by Zoltán Németh, Pete Laszlo, József Mezõdi and András Veszelinov
Performed by Apostol

User Reviews

Where art and craft meet

Beautiful. Moving. Funny. Touching. Magical. Shocking. Wonderful. A film for grown-ups with hearts and minds. The direction - the shots, the camera-work, the framing - are a pleasure: one admires parts of the film as one does a painting. The acting is so natural as to forget one is not watching a real life scene. The script is elegant and sparse - there is so much left unsaid; it's the space between the words that count. The all encompassing vision makes one proud to be a human being.