SYNOPSIS
The movie is based on testimonials by family, friends and former soccer players such as Pelé, Alfredo Di Stefano, Franz Beckenbauer, Pachín and Raymond Kopa; and it goes through the biography of Ferenc Puskás (1927-2006). In a way, Puskás life is a parallel of the shaken political and social situation that Hungary lived from the Russian invasion in 1956, up until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. DIRECTOR (Tamás Almási, Hungary. 1948) Tamás Almási is one of the most recognized Hungarian documentarist. He has worked as assistant director with István Szabó, Miklós Jancsó and Zoltán Fábri. He graduated from the Film and Theatre Academy in Budapest in 1979. He started his career as a film director, which has greatly impacted his documentaries. To this date, he has made more than forty full length documentaries, as well as some films which have affected greatly his documentary filmmaking. His works have been projected in various prestigious festivals in Europe and on an international scale, earning Almási numerous awards and nominations. His films have reached almost forty different countries. FESTIVALS New Europe International Film Festival Eurodok Teheran FAJR International Film Festival BAFICI Transilvania International Film Festival Syracuse International Film Festival Malatya International Film Festival Vukovar International Film Festival Taiwan European International Film Festival "Era New Horizons" International Film Festival MUCES Valladolid International Film Festival |
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TECHNICAL DETAILS Documentary (2009) Hungary 116 minutes HD / Color Dolby Digital, 2.35:1 Hungarian & English CREDITS Director: Tamás Almási Script: Tamás Almási Producer: Zsolt Tóth Photography: Zsolt Tóth Music: László Dés AWARDS & NOMINATIONS Valladolid International Film Festival/ Best Documentary Award "Camera Hungary" International Film Festival / Best Biographical Documentary Hungarian International Film Festival / Audience Award& Critics Choice Award Hungarian Movie Week Festival / Best Documentary Film of Art Association/ Best Film TRAILER
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