Paying a Visit to Fortuna
(FORTUNA VENDÉGEI)
Elf Pictures
74', 2022
Anikó and Laci are middle-aged couple living in a small town in Hungary. Before fortune smiled at them back in 2013, when they won a lottery, they were struggling to cope with everyday life. Still, even though they were living in deep poverty, their life was rather stable, filled in with dreams about a holiday by the sea. Once hitting the jackpot, hand in hand, truly full of gratitude, the couple dove into a life that they felt was luxury. For Laci winning implied the privilege of not doing, while for Anikó it meant the opposite - the power of doing. On their way to realizing material happiness, their relationship has changed. The wife doesn't understand her husband's behavior, while the husband cannot accept his new wife.
This contemporary fable about searching for happiness underlines a personal story of this unordinary couple - their delight and the difficulties they had to face.
This contemporary fable about searching for happiness underlines a personal story of this unordinary couple - their delight and the difficulties they had to face.
Director: Mátyás Kálmán
Cinematographers: Gergő Somogyvári, Csaba Bántó, Júlia Halász, Mátyás Kálmán, Zoltán Lovasi, Bence Szemerey