Free Entry
(Free Entry)
feature, digital, color, 70 minutes
First feature
PREMIER (HUNGARY): 2014.
Short synopsis
Free Entry is an adventurous journey to adulthood, a summer youth drama revolving around the wild yet precarious relationship of Betty and 'V'. As the two 16-year-old girls risk their first steps towards independence, in different ways, they both come to experience the importance of their friendship.
Long synopsis
Betty and her friend V have a major project: the open-air Sziget festival held every summer on Óbudai, one of the Danube islands in Budapest. Instead of money the teenagers have a stash of grass waiting for a buyer. Food? Nothing wrong with the leftovers from other people’s plates. Tent? Why bother when you can sleep under the stars. Sleep? No way: the party goes on all night. V is a pretty girl who knows how to use her charms to the best advantage. Betty, more reserved and shy, never quite knows what to do with her hands, how to hold a cigarette, what to say to the boys they meet. But the tables are turned when the pair go their separate ways after an argument: now it’s each girl for herself.
Yvonne Kerékgyártó’s debut feature Free Entry, a fast-paced coming-of-age drama with tender nuances, brings back memories of light-hearted teenage days in which self-doubt was always waiting to pounce.
Creators
Yvonne Kerékgyártó | Director |
Yvonne Kerékgyártó | Screenplay |
Gergely Pálos, Kristóf Becsey, Zágon Nagy | Director of photography |
Brigitta Bacskai | Editor |
Júlia Szlávik | Costumes |
Judit Kastner | Producer |
DDK Production | Production company |
Judit Romwalter, Viktor Huszár | Co-producer |
Luca Pusztai, Ágnes Bartha | Cast |
Awards
Novi Sad Cinema City - 2014 | Cineuropa Prize |
Austin SXSW Film Festival - 2015 | Gamechanger Award |
Festivals
Wiesbaden GoEast Film Festival - 2014 | (in competition) |
Pune International Film Festival - 2015 | |
Lagów International Film Festival - 2015 | |
Chicago EU Film Festival - 2016 |
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