For Some Inexplicable Reason
by Gábor Reisz
►Synopsis
Áron stands in his life as an average 29 years old weirdo. He has many contemporary complexes, a fresh university degree, and an up-to-date broke up.
His parents have to support him financially as he is still a job seeker and while Áron is agonizing on his lost love, he is always interrupted by something; it seems like he’s not the main character in his life.
„For some inexplicable reason” is an unconventional coming of age story, about the unbearable lightness of being a youngster, with an exact glimpse about the city in which Áron lives in: Budapest.
Specifications
Hungary 2014 96mn 16:9 5.1 Magyar 1st Feature Film
written by
Gábor Reisz
Original title
VAN (valami furcsa és megmagyarázhatatlan)
Produced by
Proton Cinema (Júlia Berkes, Miklós Bosnyák & Viktória Petrányi)
with
Áron Ferenczik, Katalin Takács, Zsolt Kovács, Zalán Makranczi, Erika Kapronczai
Festivals' selection & awards
- Karlovy Vary – East of the West – Competition
- Palic – Parallels & Encounters, Serbia – Competition
- Jameson Miskolc, Hungary, Competition – Second Jury Prize
- Helsinki – Love & Anarchy, Panorama
- Bordeaux, France – Competition
- CineEast, Luxembourg – Competition
- Cottbus, Germany – Spektrum
- Cuenca, La Orquidea, Ecuadir – Competitition
- Torino- Competition: Special Jury Award, Audience Award, Best Screenplay (Holden Award), Best full-length feature (People’s Choice Award)
- REC Tarragona, Spain – Competition
- AFI Silver Theater, USA – EU Panorama – US Premiere
- Louxor, Egypt
- Chicago EU Festival, USA
- Monte-Carlo Comédie, Monaco
- Spirit of Fire, Russia – Bronze Taiga prize
- Sofia, Bulgaria- Best Director Award
- KinoPavasaris, Vilnius Lithuania – Competition
- European Union Film Festival, HK
- Mediawave Festival, Hungary
- Europe on Screen- Jakarta, Indonesia
- Hungarian Movie Week, Russia
- Transilvania, Romania
- ArtFilmFest, Slovakia
- Hungarian Film Week in New York, USA
- Taipei, China
- New Directors, Portugal
- Voices, Vologda- Russia – Grand Prix
- Pula, Croatia
- Motovun, Croatia
- Let’s CEE, Austria – Promising Debut Award
- Cluj Comedy – Romania
- Vevey, Switzerland
- Zurich FF, Switzerland
Press quotes
THR – ” Charm and Invention triumph ” by Boyd van Hoeij
Variety – “… echoes of Woody Allen” ; ” an unconventional quirky comedy” by John Hopewell
