Prizes:
2004 -
Houston Worldfest
2004 Bronze Remi Award
Joan of Arc on the Night Bus
(A 78-as Szent Johannája)
(2003, short, 35mm, colour, 22 min., 1:1,85, DolbySR)
Director:
Kornél Mundruczó
Screenplay:
Viktória Petrányi
,
Kornél Mundruczó
,
Sándor Zsótér
Libretto:
János Térey
,
Bálint Harcos
Director of photography:
András Nagy
Editor:
Vanda Arányi
Music:
Zsófia Tallér
Sound:
Rudolf Várhegyi
Visual design:
Kornél Mundruczó
Costumes:
János Breckl
Assistant director:
Viktória Petrányi
Assistant:
Gyöngyi Szabó
Production manager:
Miklós Fekete
,
Gergely Angyal
Producer:
Viktor Bodó
,
György Budai
Production company:
Magma Társaság Kft.
,
Nextreme Film
Cast:
János Tóth
,
Csilla Boross singing voice
,
Orsi Tóth
,
Tamás Kóbor
,
István Rácz
,
Géza Gábor
,
Ildikó Cserna
,
József Csapó
,
Zoltán Lőrincz
,
Tamás Albert
Joan is a member of a group of volunteers. She participates in imitation accidents. That is how they help to practice for emergencies. Her kindness is impossible. She is perhaps Joan of Arc herself. This is perhaps purgatory itself. The film is the first scene of an opera triptych. The director's comments: To deal with non-existent genres is a most exciting challenge. Contemporary opera film is one of them. To reflect upon the impossibility of kindness. I have found it very interesting in connection with the figure of Joan of Arc. I hope this film is only the beginning of a longer process because I consider this short film the first part of an opera-film trilogy.
Festivals:
2005 -
Lille Rencontres Audiovisuelles
2004 -
Barcelona MECAL
2004 -
Granada Young Filmmmaker Festival
(in competition)
2004 -
Houston Worldfest
(in competition)
2004 -
Trieste Film Festival
(in competition)
2003 -
Athens Opening Nights International Film Festival
2003 -
Cannes Quinzaine des Réalisateurs
2003 -
Cottbus FilmFestival
(in competition)
2003 -
Ghent Flanders International Film Festival
- World Cinema
2003 -
Imola CORTO International Short Film Festival
(in competition)
2003 -
Montreal Festival Nouveau Cinéma
(in competition)
2003 -
Sarajevo Film Festival
(in competition)
2003 -
Torino Film Festival
(in competition)