Prank
(Tréfa)
feature, 35mm, 94 minutes, 1:1.85
PREMIER (HUNGARY): 2009.
It is 1912. In a small town's parish school run by priests the school year starts off in an ordinary way. This autumn, however, the pupils are overcome by a strangely overwhelming rowdiness, leading them to come up with increasingly more outrageous pranks.
The school welcomes a new teacher, Father Weigl. The new, young teacher is aghast at his colleagues' liberal approach to the excessively bad behaviour of the teenage pupils. Father Zoltán, the form master of the 7th year students, pays less and less attention to the events taking place right around him. His younger brother, deafened in a boxing match, was on his way to Boston for surgery at Father Zoltán's urging. The brother was aboard the Titanic, which collided with an iceberg. The official report on the injured and casualties is yet to be released.
One day, events take a sudden turn...
Creators
Péter Gárdos | Director |
Zsuzsa Bíró | Screenplay |
László Seregi Jr. | Director of photography |
Mari Miklós | Editor |
Ferenc Császár | Sound |
Péter Horgas | Visual design |
Márta Jánoskúti | Costumes |
Dénes Szekeres | Producer |
Tivoli-Filmproduction | Production company |
Lóránt Váta, Tamás Lengyel | Cast |
Awards
Ourense International Independent Film Festival - 2009 | Special Mention |
Budapest Hungarian Film Week - 2009 | Péter Gárdos - Best Director |
Festivals
Lagów International Film Festival - 2010 | (in competition) |
Sighisoara Film Festival - 2010 | |
Săo Paulo International Film Festival - 2009 | |
Chicago International Film Festival - 2009 | (in competition) |
Moscow International Film Festival - 2009 | (in competition) |
Syracuse International Film Festival - 2010 | |
Moscow DetectiveFEST - 2010 | (in competition) |
Zlín International Film Festival for Children and Youth - 2010 | (in competition) |
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