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Iska′s Journey

World Cinema

Family · Coming of Age · Children

  • CountryHungary
  • Production Year2007
  • Running Time93min
  • Format35mm
  • ColorCOLOR
Program Note
When Csaba Bollok first encountered Maria Varga, she was scrounging just as her character does in Bollok’s powerful and moving tale of a preteen girl bound for a life of poverty and misery. In a gloomy Romanian mining town, Iska’s daily struggle for survival ? between her alcoholic parents, abusive foreman, and mine workers ? is tracked as we see her fierce instincts juxtaposed against moments where her fragility is made clear. When human traffickers loom in the final act, the underlying danger of Europe’s fringe comes to the fore. Varga’s story, however, has a considerably happier ending, as Bollok explains: “Since the making of this movie, [her sister] has been living with our family, in Budapest. Maria had also been living with us, but at the age of 15, she decided to go back to the mining town where she grew up, and where once I found her on the streets.”
Director
Director
Csaba BOLLÓK
Writer and director Csaba Bollók was born in Eger, Hungary, and is a graduate of Budapest’s Hungarian Academy for Drama and Film. His short films have won numerous awards and have screened at prestigious festivals around the world. His filmography includes Észak (1999), A Tett Halála (2004), and Miraq (2006).
Credit
  • Director
    Csaba BOLLÓK
  • ProducerÁgnes CSERE
  • CastMária VARGA
    Marian Ursache
    Rozália VARGA
    Marius BODOCHI
  • ScreenplayCsaba BOLLÓK
  • CinematographyFrancisco GÓZON
  • EditorJudit CZAKÓ
  • SoundAndrás VÁMOSI
  • MusicBalázs TEMESVÁRI
  • Production Companymerkelfilm
    merkelfilm@t-online.hu
  • World Salesmerkelfilm
    merkelfilm@t-online.hu
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