Picture to download Prizes: 1996 - Salerno International Film Festival Grand Prix

Awakening (Ébredés) (1994, feature, 35mm, colour, 110 min.) Director: Judit Elek Screenplay: Judit Elek Story editor: Zsuzsa Bíró Director of photography: Gábor Balog Editor: Judit Elek Music: László Melis Sound: György Kovács Visual design: Tamás Banovich Costumes: Györgyi Szakács Production manager: András Ozorai Producer: Ferenc Kardos, Eliane Stutterheim, G. Sándor Szőnyi, Julius Machulski Production company: Budapest Film Studio, Zebra Film (Warsaw), Scarabée Films (Paris) Cast: Fruzsina Eszes, Sándor Zsótér, András Kern, Judit Hernádi, Teri Tordai, András Bálint, Zoltán Gera, Máté Elek, Petra Köves We are in Budapest, in 1952. The main character is Kati, the 13 year old teenager who has just lost her mother. She does not seem to be able to comprehend his fact. Is it possible to comprehend death? This small girl with big eyes and pony tails, and on unappeasable desire for love, finds a special solution. She revives her mother. From this time on the mother lives and moves again. And they discuss the great questions of life and death.