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Kincsem

Kinscem - Bet on Revenge

Gábor Herendi
Hungary, 2017, 122 Min

A remarkably colorful costume drama: Hungarian cinema's success-story of the year, this is the story of a legendary racehorse which won more than forty races during the golden years of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Award-winning director Gábor Herendi has created here a lavish production that combines elements of revenge, romance and sporting glory.

Adrienn Szabo

Young Count Ernö loses his father during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 due to the betrayal of an Austrian acquaintance. More than twenty years later the youngster is able to gain possession of unconventional race horse Kincsem ("my precious") from the daughter of his father's once rival, with the horse subsequently becoming a sporting sensation. This, however, soon incites envy...

Herendi's entertaining costume drama, interspersed with special effects, features a number of pleasing anachronistic details. The plot itself is relatively straightforward, whilst the cast is remarkable for the fact that many of the key members, such as Ervin Nagy, familiar to audiences from his role in TESTRŐL ÉS LÉLEKRŐL/ON BODY AND SOUL (2017), have their roots in art house film. KINCSEM cost 3 million Forint to produce, equivalent to approximately 10 million Euros, and has attracted upwards of 430,000 viewers domestically whilst simultaneously making its way to foreign markets such as China and South Korea. JT

Filmformat
DCP | Farbe / colour
Drehbuch
Bálint Hegedüs, Gábor Herendi
Kamera
Péter Szatmári
Ton
Gábor Balázs
Schnitt
István Király, Gyula Mózes
Ausstattung
Viktória Horváth, Zsolt Nánássy
Musik
Róbert Hrutka
Darsteller
Ervin Nagy, Andrea Petrik, Tibor Gáspár, József Gyabronka, Tamás Keresztes, Ernö Fekete
Produzent
Tamás Hutlassa, Gábor Herendi
Produktion
Café Film HUNGARY
Co-Produktion
SKYFILM STÚDIÓ
Kontakt
Hungarian National Film Fund
Klaudia Androsovits
Róna utca 174
11145 Budapest
Hungary
+36.14.61.13 53
www.mnf.hu
klaudia.androsovits@filmalap.hu
Gábor Herendi

Gábor Herendi - born in 1960. In 1991 he started his own commercial production company, Skyfilm Studio which became the highest earning and most award-winning company of its kind in Hungary. After ten years in the business he directed his first feature film VALAMI AMERIKA. He received several awards for his films.

Movies
VALAMI AMERIKA (2001)
MAGYAR VÁNDOR (2003)
LORA (2006)
VALAMI AMERIKA 2 (2008)
WHEN SHALL WE KISS (2010/2012, TV series)

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