3rd Hungarian Film Showcase in London"Somewhere in the World"
22-28 June 2010
Close to Love (1999)
Director: Andras Salamon
"Salamon's extensive experience with the medium of the documentary clearly assists him in his handling of Close to Love. Well versed in his principle themes by now, Salamon creates his characters with confidence and depth; he allows them to be the basis of the film rather some preordained number of car-chases, shoot-outs and love scenes that directors these days seem to think are absolutely necessary to their film. Ironically, Close to Love does contain a car-chase, a shoot-out and a love-scene but they are their because the characters, and not the director, demand them.
Close to Love is a modest film which has simple aims - to tell a story.
Since it was one of the few films that seemed prepared to do this, it is perhaps no surprise that the film was rewarded with a distinction for the best screenplay."
/Source: by Andrew J Horton, 6 April 1999, Central Europe Review, Kinoeye, http://www.ce-review.org/kinoeye/kinoeye28old1.html/
Cast: Ferenc Hujber, Tsuyu Shimizu, Nimrod Antal, János Gyuriska, Károly Gesztesi, Ervin Nagy, Erzsi Pásztor, András Ambrus, András Fekete, Sarolta Thuroczy
Ferenc Hujber and Tsuyu Shimizu in "Close to Love"
Plot: Karcsi seems to have it all: he fulfilled his dreams in the big city, he is a policeman as he always wanted to be, has a dog and found true love. Yet the fact that his girlfriend is a Chinese immigrant in Budapest means that there is still a lot their love has to conquer.
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