Istanbul (Isztambul)
(2011, feature, 35mm, colour, 99 min.)
Co-produced with Netherlands, Ireland, Turkey

Director: Ferenc Török
Screenplay: Ferenc Török
Director of photography: Dániel Garas
Editor: Annelotte Medema
Music: Lance Hogan
Producer: László Kántor
Production company: Új Budapest Filmstúdió
Cast: Johanna Ter Steege, Andor Lukáts, Yavuz Bingöl, Norbert Varga, Réka Tenki, Eszter Bánfalvi

Katalin’s husband of thirty years, János, leaves her for a new girlfriend, a 28 year old student of his. Her crisis is received with indifference by friends and family alike. Her 25 year old daughter, Zsófi, is completely preoccupied with her pregnancy, and her teenager son, Zoli, cares only about himself. Her environment considers her mentally ill, and she is taken to a hospital where she is sedated.
Katalin, however, runs away from the hospital, and making a spur of the moment decision takes to the road, hitchhiking. Receiving news of her escape the family is anxious to get things under control. They take extreme measures, go to the police, and finally force the quite unwilling Zoli to go after his mother, who has been located in Istanbul, and bring her back home.

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Festivals:
2012 - Pyongyang International Film Festival
2012 - Săo Paulo International Film Festival
2012 - Shanghai International Film Festival (in competition)
2011 - Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival (in competition)
2011 - Dublin Jameson International Film Festival