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Fresh Air (completed film)

Friss levego

Hungary | 2006, 109 min.

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SYNOPSIS: Viola is still a beautiful woman. Angéla is ashamed of her mother. Communication between them has become almost impossible. They are together only to watch their favourite television series; they never miss an episode. Probably, in secret, they both are in love with the protagonist. Viola works where no one else wants to. She is looking for the real man whom she could love. Angéla would like to design nice dresses. She desires something different. Another life. Fresh air.

Director(-s): Ágnes Kocsis

Director's filmography

Ágnes Kocsis. Born in Budapest in 1971, she received her diploma from Eötvös Loránd University, at the faculty of arts (Budapest), and is studying at the Hungarian Academy of Theatre, Film and Television.

2006 Fresh Air / Friss levegő (feature)
2005 The Virus / A vírus (short)
2003 18 Pictures from the Life of a Conserve Factory Girl / 18 kép egy konzervgyári lány életéből (short)
2000 Assorted Letters / Szortírozott levelek (short)

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Producer: Ferenc Pusztai

Cast: Izabella Hegyi, Júlia Nyakó, Anita Turóczi, Zoltán Kiss, Henriette Ámon, Péter Bereczky, Nino Busico, Lajos Cs. Németh, Iván Dengyel, Tamás Fodor, Attila Hellebrandt, Gábor Merza, Miklós Nagy, Jeno Nyika, Ben O’Brian, Ferenc Pusztai, Béla Stubnya, Szabolcs Thuróczy, Valentina Lionetti, Anikó Varga, Eniko Záhonyi

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