PSYCHO-SEXUAL THOUGHTS | TIFF

PSYCHO-SEXUAL THOUGHTS

17.06.2022 18:18
Data: 
Vineri, 17 Iunie, 2022 - 18:15

Director: Bálint Bagossy

Producer: Mónika Mécs

Production company: M&M Film studio

Country: Hungary

This film’s dramaturgy is based on the dramaturgy of a female orgasm. It is not fake!

Synopsis:

Inspired by Milán Füst’s book of essays of the same title, Psycho-Sexual Thoughts is an episodic feature film in which characters in five different locations, at five different stages of their lives, talking about sexuality and relationship problems. First, we witness the dialogue between a young boy and his coach in a swimming pool where they are watching the synchronized swimmers’s exercise, later we see the sex struggles of a couple of activist lovers in the office of the university they occupy, and then the car breakdown of a family returning from holiday brings to the surface the relationship conflicts they have been suppressing. In the fourth scene, a man at the end of the midlife crisis makes the last confession of love of his life to an infinitely repulsive woman, and finally, an exhausted old couple in the desert try to recall their last sexual encounter together without success. Although, unlike the essay of Milán Füst’s, the film would not offer a solution to the problems of sexuality, it would hopefully help the viewer in discussing these taboo themes.

Director: Bálint Bagossy

Bagossy Bálint is a Hungarian film director. He studied at SZFE, University of Theatre and Film Arts Budapest until 2021, when the Hungarian government decided to change the leadership of the university and the students occupied the building to demonstrate against the talentless and politically committed new leaders. The protest was unsuccessful, however, approximately half of the students left SZFE with their teachers, and they founded the FreeSZFE Association to help those who did not want to be part of an antidemocratic institution. Bálint was an important participant of the occupation, and he is still committed to FreeSZFE. Now he finished a short film about a fictional tribe, and in January he started preparing a documentary in Sudan.

Producer: Mónika Mécs

Mónika Mécs is a Hungarian film producer, and the founder of Inforg-M&M Film production company. In 2012 she won the Jury Grand Prix at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival with Just the Wind, directed by Benedek Fliegauf. The film was selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. In 2017 she won the Golden Bear in the main competition section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival with the Hungarian drama film On Body and Soul, directed by Ildikó Enyedi. She won further prizes with On Body and Soul; such as the FIPRESCI prize and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury. The film was also nominated for the Oscar at the 90th Academy Awards.

Company profile

Inforg-M&M Film is a Budapest based, independent film production company, established in 2010 by producers András Muhi and Mónika Mécs – former leaders of INFORG STUDIO and M&M Film. The company’s aim is to produce arthouse movies and commercial feature films but also gives opportunity for documentaries, short films, animations and any kind of extreme genres. More here: https:// inforg-mm-film.hu/