The ultimate love story is the tale of the ultimate man and the
ultimate woman. And what are the distinguishing marks of the ultimate
man? Well, he is charming like Marcello Mastroianni in La dolce vita.
But he's also strapping like Brad Pitt in the Fight Club. He is
boyish like Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic... or more like Alain Delon in
Rocco and His Brothers, just a little bit taller, maybe like Belmondo.
He is devastating like Clark Gable and sometimes a little bit
melancholy, like Tony Leung Chiu Wai in In The Mood For Love. He is
decisive like Sean Connery or Daniel Craig as James Bond, but
unpredictable and eccentric like Latinovits in Szindbád. He's also a
bit awkward, like Chaplin in Modern Times but enigmatic and a little
scary, like Gary Oldman in Dracula. And of course, he is very funny,
like Woody Allen in Annie Hall.
And what about the ultimate woman? She is certainly unpredictable and
instinctive like Lollobrigida, but she's also graceful and knows how
to behave, like Audrey Hepburn. She's girlish, like Audrey Tautou but
cool and distant like Greta Garbo. She is funny and familiar like
Julia Roberts, but her smile is like Ava Gardner's. She is divine,
like Sophia Loren, but it's not a problem if she resembles Monica
Bellucci... and at the same time she's ethereal like Liv Tyler when
she's playing a fairy. She knows what she wants, like Sharon Stone,
but sometimes she's lost and innocent, like Zita Szeleczky. And - I
almost forgot - she kisses like Kim Novak.
Oh, my God, what happens, if He meets Her?!
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György Pálfi and the film team are attending the Cannes screenings, available for press requests 24-26 May
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Color/Black and White, 85 minutes, Hungary, 2012
DCP
FINAL CUT - Hölgyeim és Uraim
FINAL CUT - Ladies and Gentlemen
FINAL CUT - Mesdames et Messieurs
film by
Film de
Pálfi György
Filmje
edited by
Montage
Czakó Judit
Szalai Károly
Richter Nóra
Lemhényi Réka
vágta
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Script editor
Ruttkay Zsófia
dramaturg
zenei válogatás
Supervision musicale
Barna Balázs
music supervisor
sound design by
Illustration sonore
Zányi Tamás
Balázs Gábor
hangutómunka
főcím grafika
Graphisme Titre
KGB
Klingl Béla
main title
Web grafika
Tóth Zs. Szabolcs
Web design
Külön köszönet/ Special thanks
Remerciements à:
Huszár Viktor Dénes, Tarr Béla, Miskolczi Péter, Váradi Gábor, Téni Gábor
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Financing
Financement:
Támogatók / Supported by
Avec le soutien de
For educational purposes
Usage éducatif
University of Theatre and Film, Budapest
Színház- és Filmművészeti Egyetem
oktatófilmje
Minden jog az alkotóknál maradt, és köszönjük.
All rights remained at the authors. Many thanks.
Tous les droits demeurent la propriété des auteurs. Avec nos remerciements.
MMXII/2012
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GYÖRGY PÁLFI screenwriter, director
Selected filmography - Feature Films
2012
Final Cut – Ladies and Gentlemen HD/DCP,
85 min, colour – black and white, recycled feature film
65. Cannes FF – Cannes Classics – Special Screening
2009
I’m Not Your Friend – 35 mm/HDV,
50+90+90 min – colour, documentary + feature film + riportage
44. Karlovy Vary IFF – official competition
AWARDS: Hungarian Critics’ Prize 2009 – special prize
FESTIVALS: 40. Hungarian Film Week – official competition, Sarajevo IFF - Forum, Toronto
IFF, 9. ERA New Horizont IFF Wrochlaw, Cottbus FF, Montreal IFF, Göteborg IFF, Mumbai
IFF, Rotterdam IFF, Sofia IFF, Triest IFF, Tallin IFF, Tessaloniki IFF, Los Angeles SEE
2006
Taxidermia – 35 mm,
90 min – colour, feature film
59. Cannes FF - Un Certain Regard
AWARDS: Sundance/NHK 2004. – Best European Film Project; 37. Hungarian Film Week – Main Prize, Gene Moskowitz Foreign Critics
Prize, Main Prize of the Student Jury, Best Art Direction, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Hungarian Critics’ Prize 2007 – Best
director, Best actor; Brussels European FF - Iris Main Prize; Chicago IFF –Silver Hugo; Antalya IFF – Best director, Mexico Contemporary IFF
Best director, Transilvania IFF – Best director; Oporto FF – Audience award; Tallinn Black Nights FF – Estonian Critics’ Prize, Cottbus FF –
Don Quijote prize
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2002
Hukkle – 35 mm,
75 min – colour, feature film
AWARDS: 33. Hungarian Film Week – Best First Feature, Gene Moskowitz Foreign Critics Prize, Best Feature Prize of the Student Jury, Best
First Feature Prize of the Student Jury; Hungarian Critics’ Prize 2003; 10. Titanic Film Festival – Audience Award; European Film Academy
2003 –Fassbinder Prize for the European Discovery of the Year; Santa Fe IFF –Main Prize; 50. San Sebastian IFF – Special Prize of the First
Features Jury; Kijev-Molodist IFF – Diploma of the Jury; Cottbus – Special Prize of the Jury, Prize of the Student Jury, audience award,
FIPRESCI special prize; Paris, Fest.du Film de Paris – Special Prize of the Jury; Torún-Young European FF – shared main prize; Hong Kong
IFF- Golden Firebird; Szocsi IFF – Golden Rose; Cleveland IFF – Best Eastern-European Film
OFFICIAL COMPETITIONS: WARSAW IFF; Chicago IFF; Sao Paulo IFF; Torino IFF; Stockholm IFF; Belfort; Tallin Black Nights – Student
Film Festival; Tromso IFF; Trieste IFF; Angers IFF; San José IFF; IFF; Brazilia City-FICBRASILIA; Troia, Toronto IFF; Vancouver; AnkaraFest.On Wheels; London FF; Paris-Forum des Images; Mannheim IFF; Thessaloniki IFF; Pusan IFF; Marosvásárhely-AlterNative; Palm Springs;
Rotterdam IFF; Portland; Sedona; Adelaide; Belgrád IFF; Minneapolis; Mar del Plata; Sofia IFF; Ales; Semarang; Bergamo; Edmonton; New
York - New Directors, New Films; Koppenhága-NATFilmfest; Oldenburg; Philadelphia; Isztambul IFF; San Francisco IFF; Greifswald;
Baltimore; Maryland; Gotland; Seattle; Sydney; Brazilia City-EU FF; Wellington; Melbourne; Sarajevo IFF; Tallin, Helsinki
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