TAMÁS AND JULI

TAMÁS AND JULI (TAMÁS ÉS JULI), 1997
Hungary, France | DVD, Color, 60’ | Hungarian
Director: Ildikó Enyedi
Cast: Márta Angyal, György Barkó, Csaba Czene

Ildikó Enyedi filmed Tamás and Juli as part of the 2000, Seen By... (2000 Vu Par…) project for French television along with the participation of directors from ten different countries. Enyedi participated in the series about the transformations brought forward with the 20^th century, with his portrayal of miner Tamás and the shy nursery teacher Juli’s love story filled with many hurdles. Mainly focusing on the needs of people and putting aside national and global concerns of the period, the director depicts the story of these two lovers, who had promised one another to meet at the town bar on the New Year's Eve connecting 1999 to 2000. This innocent but also complicated love story, which ends at the turn of a century is brought to the movie screens with a combination of Enyedi’s unique style of social realism and a magical visuality.