It's Summer at Long Last
(Na végre itt a nyár!)
(2002, feature, 35mm, colour, 97 min., 1:1,85, DolbySR)
Director:
Gergely Fonyó
Screenplay:
Péter Tímár
Director of photography:
Gábor Halász
Editor:
Péter Tímár
Music:
Tibor Bornai
Sound:
János Kőporossy
Visual design:
András Gyürky
Costumes:
Zsuzsa Pártényi
Production manager:
Ferenc Szohár
Producer:
Gábor Kálomista
Production company:
Megafilm
Cast:
Márta Talmács
,
Nándor Tapasztó
,
Panna Ruisz
,
Tamás Végvári
,
Nóra Reviczky
,
Lehel Kovács
,
Viktor Baradlay
,
István Hunyadkürty
,
Margit Földessy
,
Eszter Nagy-Kálózy
,
Zoltán Rátóti
,
Péter Rudolf
,
József Szarvas
,
Gábor Reviczky
,
Attila Gallus
,
Ildikó Tóth
,
Andrea Szulák
The story's protagonists are thoroughly self-assured children living in contemporary Hungary, who experience a series of exciting, funny and moving adventures. They are to save their parents' marriage and their retired grandparents' country house, which is their wonderland having been the venue of the happiest moments of their childhood.
The meeting of children aged 6-16 spending their holiday in a picturesque little mountain village leads to adventures with many twists and turns, as they struggle to mend their parents' blunders. Their kindly naive, pristine world is contrasted with the world of adults, which is far from being innocent.
The film's central conflict: the grandparents borrow money from the village's (Modolány) rich entrepreneur, which then they are unable to pay back. It seems they will lose the family estate (Poldi Grove). However, the children discover that the entrepreneur, together with the mayor of the village, is planning to build a site for toxic waste on the estate and the lands of the village. The entrepreneur obtains the right of utilisation for the village lands, but he wants to keep his plan secret until the last moment. Our heroes reveal the intentions of the entrepreneur. Since their grandparents used to be artists in the world famous Bombardi World Circus, the children decide to collect the old company and organise a grand farewell performance hoping the revenue will be enough to sponsor their grandparent's debt. The entrepreneur and the mayor, however, are doing all in their power to wreck the children� plan.
Festivals:
2003 -
Cairo International Film Festival for Children
(in competition)
2003 -
Hamburg Filmfest
(in competition)
- KinderFilmfest
2003 -
Moscow Internaional Film Festival for Children and Young People
2003 -
Mumbai Children Film Festival
2003 -
Palic International Film Festival
2003 -
Zlín International Film Festival for Children and Youth
(in competition)