In 2003 Hungarian auteur Bence Fliegauf gained his reputation with his debut drama Forest. Fliegauf now delivers a stylistic companion piece to the earlier film. Employing the circular storytelling structure of Forest, the film is a vignette featuring seven quietly powerful tales about external forces that hover over his protagonists’ lives, including religion, death and grief.
Fliegauf frames these conflicts in tightly composed, claustrophobic shots, emphasizing the suffocating nature of absent, repressive forces. The film won the Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance at the 2021 Berlin Festival.
Filmography: Lily Lane (2016), Just the Wind (2012), Womb (2010), Dealer (2004), Forest (2003).