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Title Isztambul / Új Budapest Filmstúdió, Kuzey Film, Ripple World Picture, Phanta Vision Film International present ; written and directed by Török Ferenc = írta és rendezte, Török Ferenc ; produced by Kántor Laszló
Published Amsterdam, North Holland : Fortissimo Films, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (96 minutes)
Summary Katalin's (55) husband of thirty years, János, leaves her for a new girlfriend, a 28 year old student of his. Her crisis is received with indifference by friends and family alike. Her 25 year old daughter, Zsofi, is completely preoccupied with her pregnancy, and her teenager son, Zoli, cares only about himself. Her environment considers her mentally ill, and she is taken to a hospital where she is sedated. Katalin runs away from the hospital and making a spur of the moment decision takes to the road, hitchhiking. Receiving news of her escape the family is anxious to get things under control. They take extreme measures, go to the police, and finally force the quite unwilling Zoli to go after his mother, who has been located in Istanbul, and bring her back home
Notes Title from title screen (viewed September 16, 2022)
Cast Johanna ter Steege, Lukáts Andor, Yaviz Bingöl, Varga Norbert, Tenki Réka, Bánfalvi Eszter, Pádraic Delaney
Notes In Hungarian, Turkish, and English with English subtitles
Nominated 2012 Shanghai International Film Festival Golden Goblet, Best Film
Subject Dysfunctional families -- Hungary -- Drama
Married people -- Hungary -- Drama
Hungarians -- Turkey -- Drama
Dysfunctional families
Hungarians
Married people
Hungary
Turkey
Genre/Form Drama
Feature films
Fiction films
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Films de fiction.
Form Streaming video
Author Török, Ferenc, 1971- director, screenwriter.
Kántor, László, 1964- producer.
Új Budapest Filmstúdió, presenter
Kuzey Film Produksiyon (Firm), presenter.
Ripple World Pictures, presenter
Phanta Vision International (Firm), presenter.
Fortissimo Films, publisher.
OTHER TI Istanbul. eng