The poetic imagery brings to life memories of childhood in the 1930s, the dilemmas of loneliness in old age, fundamental questions of creativity and teaching, as well as the core elements of the human and intellectual background behind the output of a highly unique composer. The film, which also features international stars from the classical music world, such as Víkingur Ólafsson, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Benjamin Appl and Steven Isserlis, constructs a greater whole from small fragments, much like Kurtág’s works do. “What happens in teaching is that we investigate what reality is,” Kurtág says at one point in the film. It is precisely this question that engages Nagy's film too.
The film was produced with the support of the National Film Institute and is being distributed by Mozinet.
Following this screening, an English-language panel discussion will take place starting at 9.15 pm with the participation of pianists Víkingur Ólafsson and Pierre-Laurent Aimard, baritone Benjamin Appl and director Dénes Nagy, with musicologist Gergely Fazekas serving as moderator.
director: Dénes Nagy
producer: Julianna Ugrin
executive producer: László Gőz
chief cinematographer: Tamás Dobos
film editor: Nicolas Rumpl
sound engineer: Péter Benjámin Lukács
musical consultant: Gergely Fazekas
Presented by: Müpa Budapest
