Boszorkánykör - Witch Circle

by Dezső Zsigmond

Hungary, 2009
Betacam SP
Colour
Length: 90’
Language: Hungarian

Italian premiere

A fascinating story of liberty “at all costs” in which ancient customs and traditions entwine with crimes and mysteries; where the women are, for better or for worse, the true protagonists; where the popular beliefs and superstitions of the mountain people invade and disrupt the lives of the protagonists. The film is inspired by a true story: a young police officer who is investigating the murder of a child finds himself suddenly immersed in the closed world of the Csángó, a Catholic ethnic minority whose language is Hungarian, in the mountains in the Romanian part of Moldavia. This strip of mountains, within the territory of the Romanian republic, is a world with its own rules, behavior, and sins, that are different from those of people in the “modern world”.

Dezső Zsigmond
Born in Hungary in 1956, after earning a degree in Hungarian language and literature and in journalism, he began his documentary career and made his first film in 1984. He now works as a director of both documentary and feature films.

Director: DezsőZsigmond
Screenplay: István Ferenczes, Attila György, Zsolt Pozsgay, Géza Balogh, Dezso Zsigmond
Photography: Gábor Ágoston, Gábor Halász
Editing: Gabriella Koncz
Sound: Gábor Erdélyi Jr.
Music: Mihály Dresch
Main cast: József Czintos, Tibor Pálffy, Zsolt Trill, Erika Tankó, János György Kurkó
Producer: Gábor Sarudi
Production Company: Quality Picture

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