Trailer
THE SECOND GOLDEN AGE, CHALLENGES OF LOVE
92 min, Color / 2023
humanrights soap opera by Labrisz Lesbian Association (Hungary)
Synopsis
How can two middle-aged women have an open romantic relationship in a small Hungarian town today? Especially when one is a popular teacher at the local school and the other is an artist with a deep sense of justice? How does the local propaganda media pit the local community members against each other and incite a witch-hunt in the school?
While local public opinion boils, the librarian plans a reading from the worldwide famous children’s story book A Fairytale for Everyone…
The story was inspired by
In recent years the Hungarian government has been running a hate campaign against members of sexual and gender minorities. Homophobic and transphobic laws have been implemented in the name of “child protection”, a hostile and violent public discourse against LGBTQI people has become the norm, and the number of hate crimes has increased. We have felt the urge to address these political and public acts by film-making.
Our fiction film is based on true stories that happened in the last 3 years in Hungary. We call this film a human-rights soap opera. It is an activist movie, because our community members wrote the story and even acted in the film along with professional actors, and because we wish to use the film as a tool for fighting against prejudices, injustice and violence affecting LGBTQI people’s lives. We try to send a message of courage and hope through the film, and encourage LGBTQI people to stand up for themselves.
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Crew / Cast
Tünde, teacher: Tünde Bacskó
Judit, painter: Emese Vasvári
Kai, librarian: Zoltán Tölgyesy
Mariann, headmistress: Zsuzsanna Horváth
Flóra, Tünde’s daughter: Réka Fekete
Erika, teacher: Fatime Halmos
Éva, teacher: Orsolya Heletya
Janó, teacher: István Flecker
Dani, Flóra’s boyfriend: Mátyás Kovács
Dani’ mother: Orsolya Balogh
Dani’s father: Csaba Gerner
postmen: Iván Várhelyi
librarian and Dóra the ghost: Dorottya Rédai
the princ: Cilin Magdi Timár
Ági, right wing woman: Tünde Murányi
Gyula, right wing man: Csaba Csík
Director: Mária Takács
Assistant director: Cilin Magdi Timár
Writer: Zsuzsanna Bak
DOP: István Kürti, Ajnácska Csíkszentmihályi
Sound: Péter Almásy
Editor: Luca Bonta
Music: Milán Hodován
Production manager: Bernadett Tóth, Tea Erdélyi
Legal advisor: Eszter Polgári
Screenings / Festivals
Soon…
Supported by
Human Rights Fund of the Embassy of the Netherlands in Hungary
Háttér Society’s Legal Aid Service
Flax Foundation
The director
Mária Takács is a Hungarian documentary director, video journalist and a civil activist.
--> Filmography: www.mariatakacs.com
She graduated from the Hungarian Film Academy (University of Theatre and Film Arts, director) after double majoring in history and geography at Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest). Worked for Hungarian Television, and for the print and online press as well.
She has been making videos and documentaries for NGOs for 20 years, mainly for the Hungarian LGBTQ and other civil communities. Her mission is to raise awareness and to support human rights with the language of film. Mária was member of the selection committee and event coordinator at Verzio International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival.
She is a founding member of Labrisz Lesbian Association (1999 – ) and the Budapest Lesbian Filmcomittee (2000-2004). Organizes a feminist film club since 2008.
The Labrisz Lesbian Association
Labrisz Lesbian Association was called into life by the stronger and stronger need for an initiative which, apart from providing social space, reflects on the social position of lesbian and bisexual women in a more organized form.
It was officially registered in 1999 with 17 members, but the core group of the organization had been facilitating meetings and discussions since 1996.
The most important purpose of Labrisz Lesbian Association is community building, strengthening the self-acceptance and visibility of lesbian and bisexual women, and creating a discourse with society through publications, information and a school programme. We also seek to facilitate the discovery, cultivation and promotion of lesbian culture. In order to achieve its aims, the organization has manifold (community-related, cultural, educational, etc.) activities.
Read more: www.labrisz.hu
