Péter Mészáros

Code:

302MPM

Completion:

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Range:

6/S

Tutor:

Hana JAROŠOVÁ

Synopsis:

Lecturers: Péter Mészáros (discussion with Radim Valak and Táňa Dimitrovová)

Place and date: 25. 4. 2008, 10-13h Projection Room + 26. 4. 2008, 11-14h, Room 2, FAMU

Conditions of attestation: Zá/1 - for an active attendance

Jazyk výuky:

AN,CS

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Outline and Syllabus:

Friday 25. 4. 2008, Projection Room 10:00-13:00:

After rain (2002, 4´) short film, 35mm

A story about an escape and a sad return. in competition - Palme d'Or

Kythera (2006, 78´) 35mm

The film is a bitter, present-day adaptation of one of the most mysterious paintings of the 18th century, Setting Off for the Island of Cythere (Watteau: L'Embarquement pour Cythere). It is about the grey and hopeless way how love fades away. A story about a young couple who live their everyday life watching commercials, cheap quizzes and football matches on television.

Who´s the Cat? (2003, 8´) short film, 35mm

"The film tells the story of the brutal games four boys play with a cat in an abandoned factory hall. Perhaps, by the end of the film we will be able to decide which one of them is the cat.

The story is set in Budapest, the city ruined by bombs during World War II, but it could take place in any other city in or outside Europe during any other war in the 20th century. I do not know what experiences those children had, what they actually had to go through. I was only interested to find out whether their hidden pain was still there in our memories..."

Saturday 26. 4. 2008, Room No. 2, 11:00-14:00:

Discussion with Péter Mészáros

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Péter Mészáros

Born in Székesfehérvár in 1969. After studying literature and aesthetics at the Philological Faculty of the University of Arts and Sciences in Pécs, graduated in film direction at the Georgian Academy of Theatre and Film in 1997. In 2001-2002, he was founding member of the MAGIKON Film Production Company, and leader of the alternative company „Café Theatre“. Has won the Palme d'Or for his short film After Rain at the Cannes IFF in 2002, screened at more than 50 festivals all over the world.

Filmography:

1993: Apples in the Rain / Almák az esőben (s)

1994: Painter Pirosmani's Secret Life / Piroszmani festő titkos élete (s)

1995: The House of Niko, the Ladies and the Angel-faced Doll / Niko,a szépasszonyok és az angyalarcú baba háza (s)

1996: The Foolish Pomegranate Tree / A bolond gránátalmafa

2002: After Rain / Eső után (s)

2002: Monasteries' Men / Kolostorlakók (d)

2003: Forestbelt (s)

2003: Who's the Cat? / Ki a macska? (s)

2004: The Way of the Pig / A disznó útja (s)

2004: Kyrie (s)

2006: Kythera

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Note:

Schedule for summer semester 2007/2008:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
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The subject is a part of the following study plans: