THE WEDNESDAY CHILD

  • Original title:
    Szerdai gyerek
  • Genre:
    drama, coming-of-age
  • Production year:
    2015
  • Format:
    HD
  • Runtime:
    94 min
  • Language:
    Hungarian
  • Director:
    Lili Horváth
  • Cast:
    Szabolcs Thuróczy, Zsolt Antal, Enikő Börcsök
  • Producer:
    Károly Fehér

Synopsis

Maja and Krisz are both 19 and live as a couple on the outskirts of Budapest. They get by as best they can although they don’t always respect the letter of the law. They grew up in an orphanage together and have a four-year-old son who still lives there. Krisz doesn’t want to hear about their kid because he’s practically still a kid himself and he wants to get on with the rest of his life. Maja is the exact opposite and, despite being an irresponsible teenage mother, she is desperate to regain custody of her growing baby boy and is determined not to see her son live the life she has been forced to accept as her fate. Then she wins a grant from a microcredit scheme to help disadvantaged entrepreneurs and she at last sees a chance to start life anew.

Festivals

2016 Rouen A l’Est, du Nouveau (France) - Special Mention for Best Actress: Kinga Vecsei

2016 Mons International Love Film Festival (Belgium) - Young Europeans Jury Grand Prix

2016 Trieste Film Festival (Italy) - Best Feature Film

2015 Kolkata IFF (India) - Golden Royal Bengal Tiger Award

2015 Cottbus Film Festival (Germany) - Special Prize for Best Director: Lili Horváth

2015 Karlovy Vary International FF – East of the West Award & FEDEORA Jury Award