Liza, the Fox-Fairy (Hungarian: Liza, a rókatündér) is a 2015 Hungarian black comedy film directed by Károly Ujj Mészáros, starring Mónika Balsai, Szabolcs Bede-Fazekas and David Sakurai. The film drew an audience of over 100,000 in Hungary, thus qualifying as a domestic success,[1] and was awarded the Grand Prize at the Fantasporto Film Festival in Portugal, where it premiered internationally.
2015 Hungarian film
Liza, the Fox-Fairy
Theatrical release poster
Liza, a rókatündér
Directed by
Károly Ujj Mészáros
Written by
Károly Ujj Mészáros Bálint Hegedűs
Based on
stage play Liselotte és a május by Zsolt Pozsgai
Produced by
István Major, Csanád Darvas (as associate producer)
The film's music was elected for "the 2015 year most successful soundtrack" in Hungary[2] and four songs were recorded on a limited 7 inch vinyl.[3]
Plot summary
Liza is a 30-year-old, naïve, lonely nurse living in "Csudapest",[note 1] the capital of a fictionalized 1970s Hungary with a capitalist system. She has taken care of Marta, the widow of the former Japanese ambassador, for the last 12 years. On her 30th birthday Liza goes to a Mekk Burger restaurant to find romance, upon reading about it in a Japanese romance novel. While she’s away, Marta is killed by Liza’s only friend, Tomy Tani, the ghost of a Japanese pop singer from the 1950s, resulting in Liza inheriting her apartment. Relatives report Liza to the police for murdering Marta. Sergeant Zoltan is put on the case, who gets very nearly killed in the process, and falls slowly in love with Liza after moving into her apartment as a flatmate. She gains confidence, but all her dating efforts end in fatal accidents. Liza is convinced that she has become a fox-fairy, a demon from Japanese mythology. According to the legend, men who fall in love with a fox-fairy die soon afterwards.
The film is based on the play Liselotte és a május by Zsolt Pozsgai.[6] The Japanese theme was added by Károly Ujj Mészáros, who was fascinated by Japanese culture, especially pop music from the 1960s and 1970s. He was also attracted by similarities between Japanese and Hungarian traditions. He had directed several commercials in Japan, which gave him further familiarity with Japanese culture.[7] The film was produced by FilmTeam with co-production support from Origo Film Group. The budget was 420 million forint (1,6 million USD), of which 220 million came from the Hungarian National Film Fund.[8] The cast rehearsed for a month before filming started.[7]
Premiere and festival screenings
Budapest premiere: February 19, 2015
International premiere: Fantasporto Film Festival (Portugal), March 2, 2015
Asian premiere: Osaka Asian Film Festival (Japan), March 10, 2015[9]
South-American premiere: Pantalla Pinamar (Argentina), March 11, 2015[10]
Dutch premiere: Imagine: Film Festival (Netherlands), April 12, 2015[11]
North American premiere: Seattle International Film Festival (USA), May 25, 2015[12]
Tromsø International Film Festival: Film Festival (Norway), 2016[13]
Awards
– 2015
35th edition of the Oporto international Film Festival – Fantasporto[14]
- Grand Prix of the fantasy competition and
- Special Effects Award
31st Imagine Film Festival
- Silver Scream Award, Méliès d’Argent for the best European fantastic film[15][16]
33rd Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF)
- 7th Orbit Award for Best Film (haven’t already been presented at Brussels and have been produced in the last two years, attributed by a national jury of professionals)[20][21]
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