The Days of Desire
(A vágyakozás napjai)

feature, 35mm, 104 minutes, 1:1.85

co-produced with: France

PREMIER (HUNGARY): 2009.

A middle-aged couple gets one more chance from fate to put up a girl, the employ as a housekeeper, after they lost their daughter who had died in an accident. Anna, the dumb girl's presence in the house seems to change everything. Can the couple use the unexpected opportunity? Can the sins of the past be made good? Is there anything like an innocent lie?
We see the black and white story from the angle of the dumb girl.

Creators

József Pacskovszky Director
József Pacskovszky Screenplay
Sándor Kardos Director of photography
Gabriella Koncz Editor
Kristóf Bacsó Music
János Kőporosy Sound
Mara Bozóki Art director
Jenő Hábermann Producer
FilmArt Ltd., Filmplus, Forum Films / FR, Hungarian Television Production company
Catherine Wilkening, Orsolya Schefcsik, Zsolt László, Ákos Orosz Cast

Awards

Budapest Hungarian Film Week - 2010 József Pacskovszky - Best Screenplay
Wiesbaden GoEast Film Festival - 2010 József Pacskovszky - Best Director
Budapest Hungarian Film Week - 2010 János Kőporossy - Best Sound

Festivals

Edinburgh International Film Festival - 2010
Kosice Art Film Fest - 2010
Palic International Film Festival - 2010
Cairo International Film Festival - 2009 (in competition)
Várna Love is Folly International Film Festival - 2010 (in competition)
San Jose Cinequest - 2010 (in competition)
Chicago International Film Festival - 2010
Targu-Mures AlterNative - 2010

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