work in progress
short film (20mins, Hungary, 2018)
MIMI (65) enters a bizarre beauty clinic with a face-lift voucher she got from her husband. She checks into the former hotel sitting on the shore of an isolated lake, where a whole new world opens up: older women, men, and animals await their transformation.
She attends face yoga classes and prepares for her new face. One afternoon ERNŐ (61), a mysterious male patient asks her for help: he’s dying for a pack of cigarettes but he’s locked in the clinic. Mimi agrees, and with the help of a cosmic turtle, she becomes a teenager again.Their romantic escape plan turns into a failed date and Mimi realises that it might not be a plastic surgery what she needs.
cast: Katalin Takács, János Bán, Júlia Huzella, Nóra Rainer-Micsinyei, Vilmos Vajdai, Bálint Bán
writer, director: Grosan Cristina
producer: Dora Nedeczky
cinematographer: Edit Blaumann
editor: Vanda Gorácz
production designer: Zoltán Gelsi
costume designer: Ágnes Bobor
music: 12z, Evelin Tóth
co-producers:
Visionteam L.O. Kft.: Árpád Szirmai, Gábor Rajna, Attila Faragó
Special Grip Hungary Ltd., István Török
Classic-Sound Sound Studio: Tamás Dévényi
Video Assist Hungary Ltd.: Balázs Rozgonyi and István Árvai
supported by:
National Media and Infocommunications Authority
Hungarian Tax Incentive
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Festivals:
31st Helsinki International Film Festival Love & Anarchy, Finland, 2018
16th Central Michigan International Film Festival, US – Women Filmmakers Around the Globe, 2019
3rd Cinema Sisters International Film Festival, Wilmington, North Carolina, US, 2019
5th Friss Hús Short Film Festival, Budapest, Hungary, 2018
5th Short Movie Club, Minsk Belorous – Unfiltered Cinema, 2019
Hungarian Film Week, Budapest, Hungary, 2018
Hungarian Film Week Bucharest, Romania, 2019
Hungarian Film Week Targu Mures, Romania, 2018
18th Los Angeles Hungarian Film Festival, California, US, 2018