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21st(2019)



Zsófia SZILÁGYI

  • Hungary
  • 2019
  • 99min
  • DCP
  • color
  • Fiction

SYNOPSIS

Anna lives with her husband and three children, and one day discovers that her husband and an acquaintance were having an affair. The two say it's already over, but Anna wonders if they are telling the truth. Despite Anna¡¯s conflicts with her husband, One Day shows how she despite her inner turmoil she has to continue to keep to his daily routine. Handheld closeup shots are used throughout the film, emulating the meticulous style in Chantal ACKERMANN¡¯s Jeanne Dilman (1975). Yet Anna's chaotic day is terribly lonely, whereas as Jeanne's daily life seemed to be calm and orderly. Anna barely has time for herself. After a short conversation with her husband, she wakes up the children, listens to her daughter's dreams, prepares meals, brushes her teeth, and calls the bank. When one child is sent to the day care center, the other child is picked up for school. Between teaching classes and grocery shopping, her work piles up. The camera remains close to its subject, not allowing the viewer to see the whole picture. The audience sees Anna constantly on the move, and after some time, comes to experience this lifestyle with her. The film does not seek to resolve its initial conflict, not showing what choices were made, but rather shows the incredibly busy life of a dutiful working mother who is unable to find time to process her husband's betrayal. This is reality beyond reality. It is adjacent to reality, only a step from real life. This debut feature film by Zsófia SZILÁGYI was invited to Cannes and other international film festivals. [KIM Sohui]

Director

  • Zsófia SZILÁGYIZsófia SZILÁGYI

    Author and director Zsófia SZILÁGYI graduated as a Hungarian grammar and literature teacher at the University of Pécs in 2002. She continued her education as a film and tv director at the Academy of Film and Drama of Budapest from 2002 to 2007. In 2011, she won a Scholarship to the Goethe Institute in Hamburg. In 2012, she directed If you can (Ha birsz..¡¯), a documentary supported by the European Integration Fund. She also worked on several short features and documentaries, most prominently as a casting directed for Ildiko Enyedi¡¯s Oscar-nominated On Body and Soul. One Day is her debut feature.

Credit

  • ProducerAgi PATAKI
  • Cast Zsófia SZAMOSI, Leo FÜREDI, Ambrus BARCZA
  • Screenwriter Zsófia SZILÁGYI, Réka MÁN-VÁRHEGYI
  • Cinematography Balázs DOMOKOS
  • Editor Máté SZÓRÁD
  • Music Máté BALOGH
  • Sound Tamás SZÉKELY