
Edition: First Cut Lab Hungary 2022
Explanation for Everything
Hungary, Slovakia
Production company: Proton Cinema
World Premiere: Venice International Film Festival 2023 – Orizzonti Award Best Film
It’s summer in Budapest, high school student Abel is struggling to focus on his final exams, whilst coming to the realisation that he is hopelessly in love with his best friend Janka. The studious Janka has her own unrequited love with married history teacher Jakab – who had a previous confrontation with Abel’s conservative father. The tensions of a polarised society come unexpectedly to the surface when Abel’s history graduation exam turns into a national scandal.
CREDITS
Directors: Julia Berkes, Mátyás Prikler
Writers: Gábor Reisz, Éva Schulze
Editors: Vanda Gorácz, Gábor Reisz
Producers: Julia Berkes, Mátyás Prikler
Cast: Gáspár Adonyi-Walsh, István Znamenák, András Rusznák, Rebeka Hatházi, Eliza Sodró, Lilla Kizlinger
International Sales: Film Boutique