Films

The Euphoria of Being

documentary, 84', 2019

original title: A létezés eufóriája

director, author: Réka Szabó
producer: Sára László, Marcell Gerő (Campfilm), Réka Szabó (The Symptoms)
main cast: Éva Fahidi, Emese Cuhorka, Réka Szabó
director of photography: Claudia Kovács
editor: Sylvie Gadmer, Péter Sass

Hungarian sales: The Symtoms

world sales: Ro*co films

Cristine Platt Dewey, cristine.platt.dewey@rocofilms.com

festival: The Film Collaborative

Jeffrey Winter, jeffrey@thefilmcollaborative.org

CATEGORIES: Completed, Documentary

Éva Fahidi was 20 years old when she returned to Hungary from Auschwitz Birkenau. She was all alone, 49 members of her family were murdered, including her mother, her father and her little sister. 70 years later, aged 90, Éva is asked to participate in a dance-theatre performance about her life. Réka, the director imagines a duet between Éva and the young, internationally acclaimed dancer, Emese. Réka wants to see these two women, young and old, interact on stage, to see how their bodies and their stories can intertwine.

Éva agrees immediately.

Three women – three months – a story of crossing boundaries. Whilst key moments of Éva’s life are distilled into theater scenes, a powerful relationship forms between the three women.

The project is supported by the Media Council, Hungary and by The March of the Living Foundation. 

The project participated at:
Docu Talents from the East, 2017, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic
Baltic Sea Forum, 2017, Riga, Latvia
MEDIMED 2017, Barcelona, Spain

 

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