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Steve, a dancer-turned-impresario, returns to his native Hungary after 20 years. He finds that the Communist regime that expelled him is gone, but his brother, Gyula, hasn't changed. He still works with the same cash-strapped dance company they started together and is married to Steve's former sweetheart, Mari. The two men's rivalry is triggered instantly, but Mari challenges them to revive their last success together, a dance on the ballad "The Maiden Danced to Death". If Gyula can make Steve's
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This is a feature film making its way around the world at film festivals and movie theatres, and is absolutely beautiful. The movie stars and is directed and co-produced by Endre Hules, with cinematography by Oscar-award winning Hungarian cinematographer Zsigmond Vilmos. The movie is steeped in Hungarian music and dance, you features musicians and dancers that have traveled widely throughout North America in the past.
Choreography is by Zoltan Zsurafaszki, one of Hungary's most heralded folkdancers. The core dancers are primarily from the Honved Tancszinhaz (lots of them formerly from the Budapest Dance Ensemble), including well-traveled luminaries such as Florian Hajdu, Tamas Szappanos, Iren Deffend, Eva Gomori, Attila Tompa, Gabor Valach, and Andras Gelencser. The dancing is just beautiful. And I was surprised to see the two female leads - not folkdancers themselves - do a fantastic job with the folkdance material.
The original music is primarily by world/folk musician Ferenc Kiss, who also coordinated the authentic folk music selections on the soundtrack I found the soundtrack to be very creative (mostly in the "world music" idiom with tasteful instrumentation) and highly complementary of what was going on on-screen.
But don't be fooled, this is not just a music/dance film. It's much more. It's a professionally-done and beautifully shot and acted tale any non-folky fan would enjoy. The IMDB summary puts it like this: "There were two brothers - two dancers - in Communist Hungary. One defected, the other stuck it out. One gave his soul to commerce, the other to the Party. After twenty years, they meet again. And the dance begins." The movie has a lot to say about Hungary, America, and a bit about history and hopefully the future.
www.kalmanmagyar.com
Choreography is by Zoltan Zsurafaszki, one of Hungary's most heralded folkdancers. The core dancers are primarily from the Honved Tancszinhaz (lots of them formerly from the Budapest Dance Ensemble), including well-traveled luminaries such as Florian Hajdu, Tamas Szappanos, Iren Deffend, Eva Gomori, Attila Tompa, Gabor Valach, and Andras Gelencser. The dancing is just beautiful. And I was surprised to see the two female leads - not folkdancers themselves - do a fantastic job with the folkdance material.
The original music is primarily by world/folk musician Ferenc Kiss, who also coordinated the authentic folk music selections on the soundtrack I found the soundtrack to be very creative (mostly in the "world music" idiom with tasteful instrumentation) and highly complementary of what was going on on-screen.
But don't be fooled, this is not just a music/dance film. It's much more. It's a professionally-done and beautifully shot and acted tale any non-folky fan would enjoy. The IMDB summary puts it like this: "There were two brothers - two dancers - in Communist Hungary. One defected, the other stuck it out. One gave his soul to commerce, the other to the Party. After twenty years, they meet again. And the dance begins." The movie has a lot to say about Hungary, America, and a bit about history and hopefully the future.
www.kalmanmagyar.com
November 28, 2011
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