Éden
Eden
Éva lives cut off from the outside in her sterile apartment. She's allergic to just about everything. Her sole contact with the world is her brother, who brings her food and keeps her company. This situation changes when András enters her life – a psychiatrist who will advise her in a court case about whether Éva's condition is caused by pollution, or whether her mental state is so fragile that she herself is the cause of her allergies. Is she sick, or is the world making her sick? Ágnes Kocsis explores the ambiguity of modern world suspended between sustainability and emptiness. (International Film Festival Rotterdam)
Director's Biography
Ágnes Kocsis, born in Hungary, in 1971, majored at Eötvös Lóránd University in Polish language and literature, aesthetics, and film theory. With FRESH AIR, her first feature, she won several prizes, including Best First Feature at the Hungarian film week, and the FIPRESCI Award in Warsaw. ADRIENN PÁL won the FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes' Un Certain Regard section. EDEN is her third feature. Director's Filmography (Selection)
Éden (Eden, 2020) - Magyarország 2011 (2012, segment) - Pál Adrienn (Adrienn Pál, 2010; CE'11) - Friss levego (Fresh Air, 2006; CE'07) - A vírus (The Virus, 2005, short) - 18 kép egy konzervgyári lány életábol (18 Pictures from the Life of a Conserve Factory Girl, 2003, short) - Szortírozott levelek (Assorted Letters, 2000, short)
Éden (Eden, 2020) - Magyarország 2011 (2012, segment) - Pál Adrienn (Adrienn Pál, 2010; CE'11) - Friss levego (Fresh Air, 2006; CE'07) - A vírus (The Virus, 2005, short) - 18 kép egy konzervgyári lány életábol (18 Pictures from the Life of a Conserve Factory Girl, 2003, short) - Szortírozott levelek (Assorted Letters, 2000, short)
European Panorama Fiction 2021
Ágnes Kocsis
Hungary / Romania 2020
color
153 minutes
Hungarian OV with English subtitles
Screenplay Ágnes Kocsis, Ivo Briedis, Gábor Németh, Andrea Roberti
Cinematography Máté Tóth Widamon
Editing Áron Mezei
Sound/Sounddesign Francois Dumont, Herman Pieëte
With Lana Baric, Daan Stuyven, Lóránt Bocskor-Salló, Maja Roberti, Zalán Makranczi, Róbert Kardos
Producer(s) József Berger, Oana Giurgiu, Alain Berliner, Ági Pataki, Els Vandevorst
Production
Mythberg Films, Libra FIlm, Creative Hours, Isabella Films
World Sales
HNFF World Sales
Austrian Premiere
World Premiere
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2020
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